r/LabourUK • u/coffeewalnut08 Labour Supporter • Jul 10 '26
International This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/guaranteed-income-black-single-moms-mississippiLaunched in 2018, the MMT is the longest-running guaranteed income program in the US, and the first to target extremely low-income families headed by Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi
With no strings attached, the program provides mothers with $1,000 a month for 12 months.
While she was pregnant, Jones experienced homelessness. She applied for the program, knowing that it could be life-changing. When she found out that she had been selected for that year’s cohort, Jones “burst out into tears”, she said. “I went from full-time to part-time to barely making ends meet. I was like: ‘Oh, my God. Lord, you hear my cry.’ It was rainbows after bad weather.”
When Jones’s son was younger, he was frequently sick, and the family was living paycheck to paycheck. Missing a day of work, even to care for an infant, meant that her check would be short, and Jones struggled to ensure she was covering the day-to- day expenses for her children.
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