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Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot in Alameda- United Way Bay Area NEED HELP? Find Resources United Way Bay Area Launches Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program, Providing 100 Families in Alameda County Each with $18,000 in Direct Cash Payments The first payments go out today and will continue for 18 months blake@emccommunications. com SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.
15, 2024 – Today, United Way Bay Area (UWBA), one of the most respected and highly effective philanthropic organizations fighting poverty in the region, announced the launch of its first guaranteed basic income pilot program. Starting today, 100 families from across Alameda County will each receive $3,000 in the first payment from United Way Bay Area.
Pilot program recipients will then receive $1,000 per month for the next 12 months, with amounts tapering for the final 6 months. “Poverty is not an individual failing, it’s a policy choice. At United Way Bay Area, we followed the research and it led us to direct cash payments, an innovation proven to break the cycle of poverty ,” said United Way Bay Area CEO Keisha Browder .
“The Bay Area is a place where many people thrive, while others struggle to survive. By targeting support to these first 100 families, we want to understand how unconditional cash assistance offered alongside optional financial coaching services impact wellbeing and behavior. Our goal is to learn from this pilot program and replicate a successful effort across the Bay Area and beyond.
” Families will receive monthly cash stipends and customized financial coaching and planning as part of this innovative approach to ending poverty in the Bay Area. The monthly stipend will help relieve immediate financial stress while the free financial coaching and planning services will help to build the skills needed to reach economic security in the long term.
The 100 families participating in this pilot program were randomly selected from client rosters at three Alameda County SparkPoint™ centers: SparkPoint Chabot College, SparkPoint Fremont (at Fremont Family Resource Center), and SparkPoint Oakland (at East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC).
SparkPoint is a cornerstone in UWBA’s poverty-fighting efforts , creating pathways to financial prosperity for individuals and families long-term by addressing all aspects of their financial health, including employment support and financial coaching along with meeting urgent basic needs.
Program parameters such as payment models, eligibility criteria, and evaluation were determined in a collaborative stakeholder design process between January – April 2024.
Albertsons Companies Foundation, locally known as the Safeway Foundation, provided a $3 million grant to United Way Bay Area to support this effort, part of the Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors program , which seeks to ensure at-risk children, adults, seniors and families have access to the food they need to thrive.
To request an interview with United Way Bay Area CEO Keisha Browder, contact Haley Kubik at (425) 260-4100 or haley@emccommunications. com . United Way Bay Area (UWBA) mobilizes the Bay Area to assist people living in poverty and to dismantle the root causes of poverty.
One of the most respected and highly effective philanthropic organizations fighting poverty, UWBA supports workers and students seeking employment and better careers, helps families struggling to meet basic needs, supports our neighbors toward achieving their financial stability goals, and advocates for housing justice for all Bay Area residents. Learn more at uwba. org .
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United Way Bay Area Grants (for program partners or specific relief efforts) is sponsored by United Way Bay Area. United Way Bay Area (UWBA) provides grants to its program partners for initiatives like SparkPoint and Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Occasionally, they establish community funds for specific relief efforts, such as the COVID-19 Community Relief Fund.
Housing Justice Grants (United Way Bay Area) is sponsored by United Way Bay Area. United Way Bay Area's Housing Justice Grants support innovative solutions to fight homelessness and address the lack of affordable housing, with a focus on grassroots community organizing, coalition-building, policy advocacy, or growing leadership to support housing production, …
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The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) – Research Collaboration (RC) opportunity. The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R&E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY26 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement. DEPSCoR's objectives are to:(1) increase the number of university researchers in eligible States/Territories capable of performing science and engineering (S&E research responsive to the needs of the DoD; and(2) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible States/Territories (listed below) to develop, plan, and execute (S&E) research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD, and competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance;(3) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHE in eligible States receive from the Federal Government for S&E research. Consistent with these long term objectives of building research infrastructure, the DoD intends to competitively make, and fund from fiscal year 2026 appropriations, multiyear awards for S&E research in areas relevant to the DoD’s mission and important to national security. The Basic Research Office anticipates up to $14.4 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fully fund and award up to twenty four (24) grants up to $600,000 (total cost) each. Each grant award will be funded up to $200,000 (total cost) per year for three (3) years. Awards are subject to funding availability. There is no guarantee of an award. Funding Opportunity Number: NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260004. Assistance Listing: 12.431. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $200K – $600K per award.
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