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

[Paper Boi]

You are a fool.

I hope no one takes your posts seriously moving forward.


Sick and tired of fools like you


If you are white, you are an even bigger fool consider how much you complain about black people

Roll under a car and die somewhere you useless sack of shyt @Ezekiel 25:17

Momma should've piss douched your ass out of existence

 

[Paper Boi]

Yeah the careless mother and dead beat dad should care for those children, not me.

you are a sick fukk if you think a child should be in poverty when it can be prevented.

that is not good for society or humanity for any child to grow up in poverty where it can be prevented. you are worthless, but most of us already knew that.

you are a cop bootlicking bytch though and you'd rather your tax dollars go to racist killer cacs.

 

[DrBanneker]

People actually bytching in this thread about giving poor Black kids a possible boost in life where it is most impactful.

 

[Will Ross]

Nah. Dads don't do as much as moms the majority of the time it's just stats. Is what it is until it's not breh

if you are giving free money why should the father not get any if he active? I mean low income men have it just as hard.

 

[Paper Boi]

bytch deleted his posts

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

@King
@BaggerofTea

Let me make myself clear. I'll help those down on luck or a one time mistake. Just a week ago some guy came in with $3 for gas. He had it all on the counter counting it up when I told him to stop. I paid for $30 in gas for him. Ive done this a few times.


A single mother with 2, 3, 4+ kids from different men? I can't get with that. At some point we have to take accountability for our actions.

If you don't understand accountability I'll simply stop here.

 

[WIA20XX]

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.

I wonder which one they'll pick.

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.

I'm sure they'll spend the money wisely

Some used the funds to set up their first savings account or buy baby formula. Others used it to live the lives they had always dreamed for their families, helping cushion their savings to buy a new home —

Okay, I guess I can rock with that

or just live large for a week: a new hairdo and a trip to Miami with new outfits every day for the children.

Hmmm

Well I'm assuming these women were bout their business right?

For Canethia Miller, 27, being accepted into the pilot felt like a stroke of good fortune: She had missed the application deadline but submitted her paperwork anyway and eventually made it off the waiting list.

I can understand that when you're working a couple of jobs and have a kid

She was a stay-at-home mom when her third child, Nazir, was born in summer 2022, making things work financially through a host of public benefits.

Well maybe this was enough money so that she could go back to school or find a job in a decent paying field.

By August 2022, Miller was looking for affordable day care for Nazir and part-time work, but she struggled to find a job with hours flexible enough to get her other children to and from school. She had pursued a bachelor’s degree in social work but paused her own education to focus on her growing family.

Perhaps she used her money to pay for daycare for Nazir?

After setting aside some of the money for essential expenses, she made a major decision on how to spend the bulk of it.
“Some of it I just left alone. The other side is, I wanted to blow it. I wanted to have fun,”

What does she mean blow it? How much of the 10,800?

The five-day, $6,000 trip to

Wait what? At least tell me she went to Disney World?

Miami was a dramatic upgrade from the Ocean City and Virginia Beach visits that Miller’s family was used to.

Well I guess you gotta spend that much when it's just you and your kids.
It's a shame the father is out of the picture.

Joined by the children’s father, a boat tour exposed them to million-dollar homes and luxury yachts.

Well she spent the money on school books and enrichment materials right?

Some of the money went toward preparations for the trip: new clothes, shoes, gadgets and toys. “Every outfit they wore was new,” she added.

Well at least, it all went to the kids. I know some mothers get child support and it just goes straight to the Salon

In what she called a rare moment of self-indulgence, Miller spent $180 ahead of the vacation to get her own hair and nails done, a glow-up from her usual inexpensive short, dyed style.

Well, I guess she took cute photos of her kids right?

“Do you know how good I look in this picture?” she exclaimed. “I didn’t have to look like a working, stressed mom.”

....Well what sort of long lasting life lessons did the kids learn?

At Miami Beach, they got to see luxury firsthand.

Hmm...we all gotta start somewhere

Miller says she was never taught about financial literacy in school or by her parents. But the infusion of cash, and financial literacy courses offered through the program, has helped her with some firsts.

Okay, I can rock with this.

She opened up a savings account, aiming to keep at least $50 in it. She used the remaining $4,000 or so from the pilot in a matter of months, mostly on bills and a used car.

So lemme recap
10,800 given
6,000 spent on a trip to Miami Beach
and 4,000 spent on bills and a used car? (gas, insurance, registration, maintenance...)

Naw, this reporter got to be tripping. Lemme see another chick and see how her life changed.

Erika James (32) - Monthly payments

Already had an 11 year old, gets pregnant again.
Can't work her job at the post office. Then comes back at half time.
Takes the monthly payments and just keeps up with her bills.
At most she spends a couple hundred on a birthday party.

Stacie Adams - Lump sum of 10,800

3 kids at the start
BA in Psychology from Howard, Master's Degree from Catholic U.
Got a job with the Govt (50K), and lost the job when she couldn't pass her Social Worker license

Where did the money go? 2 months of bills

Now making 70K with 4 kids.


smh.

But this did prove that a form of Universal Basic Income worked right?

“No person is radically going to change their life because they receive a year of guaranteed income.

Had to be a white person to write this up..

Right?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/michael-brice-saddler/

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

you are a sick fukk if you think a child should be in poverty when it can be prevented.

that is not good for society or humanity for any child to grow up in poverty where it can be prevented. you are worthless, but most of us already knew that.

you are a cop bootlicking bytch though and you'd rather your tax dollars go to racist killer cacs.

Having kids out of wedlock is the sole reason for kids in poverty. Is that not wrong???

Instead of using tax payer dollars, let's advise and educate people to do better.

Tax dollars is only a temporary bandaid because at some point an epidemic of single mothers puts a strain on all of us.

 

[CopiousX]

And you have a problem with that?


Some of yalls anti blackness looks insane.


Yes let's put children out on street because of your ego.


Disgusting shyt.



Then the audacity to complain when thr kids end up rabble rousers

Two things.

A) originally only had a problem with you and the other poster falsely claiming that this is a public expense because both of you didn't read the article closely enough to see it's a private endeavor.


B) don't call my blackness or my support of black people into question.

 

[feelosofer]

10k might enough for some these women to get a used car. If some of these women could get mobile. That would help immensely. This money is going to essentially impoverished women.

 

[Tasha And]

People are actually in here mad about this.

When I saw the thread title, before I clicked it, in my head I immediately said "and the coli mad"

These nikkas are caricatures of themselves

 

[AAKing23]

More of the government playing baby daddy

 

[WIA20XX]

10k might enough for some these women to get a used car. If some of these women could get mobile. That would help immensely. This money is going to essentially impoverished women.

The problem is that child care will eat up a lot of their money.

A lot of them could get CNA certs in a year, and LPN certs following that. But 60K don't really go far when you've got mouths to feed, rent, car note, and child care.

They seriously need the father, the father's parents and their own parents to pitch in with child care, and then time to knuckle down and get a real money making skill.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

The problem is that child care will eat up a lot of their money.

A lot of them could get CNA certs in a year, and LPN certs following that. But 60K don't really go far when you've got mouths to feed, rent, car note, and child care.

They seriously need the father, the father's parents and their own parents to pitch in with child care, and then time to knuckle down and get a real money making skill.

2 working adults can afford Child care. You won't be living lavish, but you won't need government support.

 

[feelosofer]

The problem is that child care will eat up a lot of their money.

A lot of them could get CNA certs in a year, and LPN certs following that. But 60K don't really go far when you've got mouths to feed, rent, car note, and child care.

They seriously need the father, the father's parents and their own parents to pitch in with child care, and then time to knuckle down and get a real money making skill.

I am not sure what the programs are in DC but in NJ women below a certain income level get their childcare subsidized by the state. Same with health care for them and the children.