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Program Offers Cash Payments To Pregnant People, Foster Youth
A neighborhood of Rancho Cucamonga, a city in the Inland Empire.
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Nevil Jackson for NPR
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Topline:
Inland SoCal United Way, a local nonprofit, is launching a pilot program where 500 pregnant people will receive cash payments of $600 every month for 18 months and former foster youth will receive $750.
Why it matters: In order to test if programs like this can solve inequity, the program’s administrators will compare feedback from the program’s participants with notes from a focus group who will not receive the payments.
Funding: A major source of funding for the program is a California Department of Social Services award of $5 million. Other sources of funding for the $10 million pilot program are the Riverside County’s Children & Families Commission, the James Irvine Foundation and other private donors.
To enroll: Participants have to be at least 18 years of age, within six months of their pregnancy when they apply and must live within Riverside County. The household income must be less than $90, 616 annually.
Applications for the program will open early next year. To refer participants to the program, fill out a form on the website.
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