Reimagine Community response for child and family wellbeing

The Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR) at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice develops a common body of knowledge on unconditional cash transfers. CGIR conducts applied cash-transfer studies and pilot designs that add to the empirical scholarship on cash, economic mobility, poverty, and narrative change. Investigations build on existing literature, evaluation practices, and lessons learned from prior research on guaranteed income and the gender and racial wealth gap.

Statewide

$468,000 • Guaranteed Income Research - Cash Transfer Pilot

Supports direct cash transfer pilots (in partnership with the NYS Office of Children and Family Services) for 150 families previously under CPS investigation in Rochester, Syracuse, and Westchester, as well as a research study to evaluate the impact of cash transfers as an alternative strategy for preventing child welfare system involvement and child removals.