Washington DC gave $10,800 to dozens of new moms. It was life-changing money

[DonB90]

The deck is stacked in women's favor?

You mean white women right?

No I mean all American women. You give to much credence to racial difference the base is still the same

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Why…..?

And from where…?

The why is to gauge the feasibility of such programs being implemented on a larger-scale in the future.

In 2022, the D.C. government announced a pilot program that offered 132 new and expecting low-income mothers $10,800 over the course of a year — no strings attached — intended to assess how unconditional cash payments could improve their families’ outcomes and economic mobility.

Facilitated by the nonprofit Martha’s Table, the $1.5 million Strong Families, Strong Futures pilot was limited to families in Wards 5, 7 and 8, which contain some of the District’s poorest neighborhoods. The city’s program was based on similar successful cash-transfer pilots that have now been modeled in at least 100 U.S. jurisdictions and drew 1,553 applications in just three weeks, requiring a lottery system to winnow down the final group.

All 132 mothers had to choose whether they wanted 12 monthly payments of $900 or the entire amount immediately in a lump sum, a unique feature of D.C.’s pilot. About 75 percent chose the lump sum — which was better for those also receiving government benefits, for whom monthly payments from the pilot were more likely to be flagged as additional income, potentially affecting their eligibility, said David Lloyd, the deputy chief of programs at Martha’s Table.

Did it work? Program coordinators at Martha’s Table say that over the pilot’s duration, the moms reported spending the majority of their funds on needs such as housing, food and transportation. Comparing responses from the middle of the program’s first year to the closing months, participants increasingly said they were using the money to build up cash savings for the future, illustrating a behavioral shift toward financial security — a core goal of the pilot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/01/dc-cash-payments-mothers-pilot-program/?isMobile=1

 

[Will Ross]

giving the poor scraps to keep them happy and under control

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Crazy how just 10k can change someone situation

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Nah just mad I got to live in a society with gaslighting ass women and simp nikkas like you who carry water for them. But carry on

First you’re upset that women in need are getting help, now you’re using vaginal terms like gaslighting.

Y’all the weakest generation of men who ever existed.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

That’s sad. If only they had husbands, and those husbands could be paid enough to support a family…

 

[Sad Bunny]

That’s crazy how $900 a month is life-changing for some people.

I’m glad they were able to benefit from this pilot program

 

[DonB90]

First you’re upset that women in need are getting help, now you’re using vaginal terms like gaslighting.

Y’all the weakest generation of men who ever existed.

Who's upset

Gaslighting is a most definitely vaginal term since it mostly women who quote unquote gaslight men ie you calling an entire generation of men weak for one faceless poster highlighting how full of shyt most women in this country are. Textbook definition of gaslighting

 

[sayyestothis]

None for the men? That darn patriarchy and toxic masculinity rearing its ugly head again

Why would men get anything? They didn't birth the child. Lol I can't even with some of yall brehs

 

[DonB90]

Why would men get anything? They didn't birth the child. Lol I can't even with some of yall brehs

You're treating people who give birth differently then those that don't. Is that not discriminatory?


And who forced them to have a child?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Who's upset

Gaslighting is a most definitely vaginal term since it mostly women who quote unquote gaslight men ie you calling an entire generation of men weak for one faceless poster highlighting how full of shyt most women in this country are. Textbook definition of gaslighting

Go sit down and have a conversation with your grandfather and tell him women are gaslighting you.

Then go reflect on his wisdom and change your life.

 

[sayyestothis]

You're treating people who give birth differently then those that don't. Is that not discriminatory?

I'm sure knowing DC if u identify as a woman ull get it to. So nah not discriminatory breh....

 

[Batsute]

giving the poor scraps to keep them happy and under control

That’s the last century breh.

 

[DonB90]

Go sit down and have a conversation with your grandfather and tell him women are gaslighting you.

Then go reflect on his wisdom and change your life.

Grandpas been dead. If you were smart enough you would have caught how I'm mocking American women with my use of the term gaslighting. But you're not smart.


I just got done welding metal together 40 plus feet in the air. Put in a good 9 hours straight OT That lil you're not a real man technique(feminine ass shyt) you trying to play ain't gonna work over here

 

[97Pac]

giving the poor scraps to keep them happy and under control

Nobody told them to have multiple babies out of wedlock and broke.