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Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration [email protected] [email protected] 📸:stocktondemo
Stockton, CA
Joined October 2017
📣📣📣 SEED is philanthropically funded! No taxpayer $ is being used. $ is coming into Stockton to support the program and try a bold idea 👏👏.
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RT @EconomicSecProj: #GuaranteedIncome recipient Tomas Vargas Jr. transformed his life – spending more time with family and interviewing fo….
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The data has already shown that the pilot programs are lifting people out of "economic purgatory."
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RT @CAgovernor: California has approved the Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, the first state-funded program of its kind. .
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State will use $35m to provide monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults leaving foster care
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RT @DataProgress: "Guaranteed income plans are growing in prominence across the nation as a new Data for Progress survey of likely voters f….
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RT @hari: Does giving people $500 bucks a month, no strings attached make them lazy? NO.Do they spend it on drugs? NO .These answers & more….
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RT @moonearkr: Amazing results @stocktondemo! Congrats @MichaelDTubbs and team! Inspired to roll up our sleeves in @cityofsaintpaul with @m….
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RT @income_movement: The lives changed by Basic Income is at the heart of our movement. Here is Maggie's story as a recipient in the SEED B….
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RT @laurenbpoe: The success of the SEED program in Stockton, CA under the leadership of @MichaelDTubbs is not some sort of miracle. It wa….
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Residents who received $500 monthly payments were twice as likely to get a full-time job compared to other residents, researchers said.
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RT @AnnePriceICCED: In Stockton, it costs abt $77k a year for a family of 4 to cover BASIC household expenses. That equals abt 3 FT minimum….
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RT @MichaelDTubbs: They tried to bury us, but didn’t know we were SEED(s). So proud of the work of @stocktondemo in highlighting the digni….
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RT @roybahat: The guaranteed income pilot in Stockton has initial results out: look at that effect on how many *more* recipients now work f….
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RT @EconomicSecProj: NEW: Research from @stocktondemo shows #guaranteedincome greatly improves job prospects, financial stability and the o….
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SEED ended, but it started a movement. In June 2020, @MichaelDTubbs founded @mayorsforagi; follow along to see the work continue!.
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In Pam’s words, “I [used to have] panic attacks and anxiety. I was at the point where I had to take a pill for it. And I haven’t even touched them in a while.”.
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Recipients were also less depressed and anxious, reporting improvements in emotional health, energy, and physical well-being.
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Key findings include: the $500 was spent on the basics, including food, utilities, and sales & merchandise. Less than 1% was spent on tobacco and alcohol.
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🚨 The results are in! Data from the first year of SEED shows how just a small infusion of cash can provide the dignity that everyone deserves. Read our full findings here:
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RT @MichaelDTubbs: The guaranteed income (GI) results from Stockton are in:.1. Employment & Productivity ⬆️.2. Well Being ⬆️ and stress ⬇️….
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RT @HumanityForward: -FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT ⬆12%.-EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING⬆.-UNEMPLOYMENT ⬇4%.-ANXIETY & DEPRESSION RATES⬇.#BasicIncomeWorks.@Mi….
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RT @langeluntao: The @stocktondemo first year results are being released today! @MichaelDTubbs on @MSNBC this morning talking about the maj….
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