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While New Orleans has yet to publicly announce the specifics of its upcoming guaranteed income pilot, it has identified its target population: opportunity youth young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor working.
Now, city officials are looking to unconditional cash payments as a potential way to help them reconnect.
“To my knowledge, there hasn t been a pilot in the world that s been targeted at this specific demographic,” Joshua Cox, director of strategic initiatives for the City of New Orleans, said in an interview with New Orleans Public Radio.
“We think it s a tremendous opportunity to show the effects of direct cash and giving folks the ability to make decisions that are best for their lives.”
New Orleans Will Give Unconditional Cash Payments To Opportunity Youth
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Is there hope for New Orleans youth with the rising crime rate in the city?
Ja mere Alfred s murder was among the 202 homicides in the city last year. So far in 2021, the bloodshed continues. Author: Thanh Truong / Eyewitness News Published: 11:05 PM CST January 11, 2021 Updated: 11:22 PM CST January 11, 2021
NEW ORLEANS The family of Ja mere Alfred laid him to rest this past weekend. The 14-year-old died a few weeks ago on Christmas day. He was shot at a Walgreen’s parking lot while running an errand.
Ja mere was a member of the Roots of Music and also played football with the A.L. Davis Park Panthers. Nick Holmes was one of his coaches.
Support canceling 2021 Mardi Gras season parades
Are willing to wear face masks for another 100 days
Look forward to getting inoculated - but would not pay good cash money to jump the line for vaccinations.
That s what we found in this week s survey, amid moves to scrap or postpone parades in Jefferson and Orleans parishes, President-elect Joe Biden s call for 100 days of masking and the prospect of COVID-19 inoculations.
Four out of five respondents said we should not have parades. If Mardi Gras was the ultimate superspreader for our community [in early 2020] and the pandemic is at its worst level yet, we would be beyond stupid to have Mardi Gras in early 2021, said Kingsley House CEO Keith Liederman.