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MSNBC Yasmin Vossoughian Reports January 23, 2022 20:34:00

up front followed by $700 monthly payments. so why do this? what do you hope to learn by dividing the groups this way? >> that's exactly correct. and this is something that came from listening to community members themselves and those who are most impacted by the problems themselves. what we heard from folks is that they really needed some up front cash to jump start their life. again, invest -- start that small business, maybe be able to take time off work to look for a better paying job, maybe to afford a more reliable used car or get an apartment to access opportunities for themselves and their children. really, this feature came from community members themselves, and we're really excited, it's the first program in the country to have this up-front payment, which we hope will have some indications for maybe policy learning. maybe this has some amplification effect on the guaranteed income, so we're hoping to learn what impact that

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