Immigrants in New Mexico Used Basic Income for Housing, Healthcare
New Mexico gave households with mixed citizenship status $500 a month for a year. Participants saw improved housing and job security.
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New Mexico gave households with mixed citizenship status $500 a month for a year. Participants saw improved housing and job security.
Overall, the participants experienced improvements in housing and job security and improvements in educational outcomes for their children, according to the report.
Guaranteed income, according to Javier Rojo, a senior policy analyst and economist with New Mexico Voices for Children, can improve state finances by billions of dollars and create accessible avenues of work by assisting families.
The program gave 330 immigrant families $500 a month with no strings attached for a year, and participants were said to make gains in their employment, their children's educational outcomes
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