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Denver gave people without housing $12,000. Here's what happened a year later
CNN | July 29, 2024
The Denver Basic Income Project gave over 800 unhoused Coloradans up to $12,000 over the past year with no strings attached. 12 months later, with a funding proposal up for renewal, CNN’s Meena Duerson examines the pilot’s impact and what may happen to the participants if funding runs out.
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These Coloradans experiencing homelessness were given different sums of money – no strings attached. Here’s what happened
Colorado Public Radio | September 17, 2024
The Denver Basic Income Project, a $9 million program, studies what happens if people experiencing homelessness were given money with no strings attached. Hear from 3 different participants about how it impacted their lives.
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Denver Basic Income Project Featured on Elevating Denver
Elevating Denver | September 2024
Hear from a project participant and the Denver Basic Income Project team in this exclusive interview at 11:33 in September's series.
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How do cash stipends help address homelessness?
NPR's All Things Considered | August 22, 2024
Hear our NPR interview from "The Indicator" summarized and featured on NPR's All Things Considered podcast.
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The Denver Basic Income Experiment
NPR's "The Indicator" from Planet Money | August 13, 2024
Homelessness is a pervasive issue that cities across the country struggle to address. This led an entrepreneur to team up with researchers and local foundations for an experiment called the Denver Basic Income Project.
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Denver Basic Income Project gave homeless people cash and saved taxpayers almost $600,000 in the process, report says
The Denver Post | June 18, 2024
Denver Basic Income Project gave homeless people cash and saved taxpayers almost $600,000 in the process, report says
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Basic Income for Homeless Saved Taxpayers Thousands, Study Reveals
Newsweek | June 19, 2024
A study has revealed that providing homeless people in Denver with a basic income saved taxpayers thousands of dollars.
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Guaranteed Income Helps Move Almost 300 People Into Housing After One Year
Westword | June 18, 2024
“We see a path to policy, and we think a policy based on these initial results would be something beneficial to society.”
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An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here’s what happened.
The Colorado Sun | June 19, 2024
The percentage of people who had housing at the 10-month check-in of the Denver Basic Income Project climbed to 45%
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Can direct cash payments alleviate poverty? Here’s what Denver has learned
Denverite | June 18, 2024
One-year results from the Denver Basic Income Project are promising.
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Denver program providing direct cash to unhoused releases first-year results
Denver7 | June 19, 2024
Denver Basic Income Project describes the results as “incredibly promising”
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A Denver basic-income program gave people up to $1,000 a month
Business Insider | February 2, 2024
Jarun Laws received $500 monthly payments and $6,500 upfront from the Denver Basic Income Project. For a year, it allowed him to pay rent, more comfortably pay his bills, and spend time with family.
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How Denver's universal basic income experiment helped Moriah Rodriguez
Axios | January 29, 2024
Upon facing eviction and suffering a car accident, Moriah’s life changed when she started receiving basic income payments.
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A basic income trial in the U.S. got $2 million in funding to continue for a second year
Vice | November 22, 2023
Denver's basic income pilot secured new funding from Mayor Mike Johnson after a coalition of advocacy groups lobbied for it to continue.
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Mark Donovan, Founder of the Denver Basic Income Project, Extends Payments
KOA Radio | February 8, 2024
Mark Donovan sits down with Ross Kaminsky of the Ross Kaminsky Show to discuss the Denver Basic Income Project’s extension.
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Denver's Basic Income Project has been so successful it's getting more funding and an extension
Business Insider | January 25, 2024
A Denver guaranteed basic income plan that gives some residents up to $1,000 a month is being extended after new investments from the city and others.
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No-strings cash provided to homeless people through pilot program has saved lives, participants say
The Denver Post | November 20, 2023
After Denver Basic Income Project provided up to $12,000 in cash transfers, city has renewed contribution
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A Native American participant in DBIP says direct cash finally gave her "room to breathe"
Business Insider | November 4, 2023
A Native American woman experiencing homelessness said payments from the Denver Basic Income Project allowed her to pay her bills and attend college.
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Study shows no-strings-attached cash in Denver improved participants’ housing, financial stability
Colorado Newsline | July 5, 2024
Independent research from DU followed Denver Basic Income Project cohorts for a year
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
Business Insider | June 19, 2023
The Denver Basic Income Project released its first-year results. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs.
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Findings: Denver Basic Income Project shows promising results so far
Colorado Community Media | December 18, 2023
Project participants received money to help keep them out of homelessness
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Bonus Episode: Mark Donovan on the Denver Basic Income Project
Moody’s Inside Economics Podcast | December 8, 2023
Mark Donovan joins Inside Economics to discuss some early results from a guaranteed income program that provides direct cash assistance to unhoused individuals without conditions.
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2 participants in DBIP say it's helped them turn their lives around
Business Insider | October 21, 2023
Dia Broncucia and Justin Searls were trying to get their lives on track after experiencing homelessness. These payments helped them rent an apartment, buy a car, and improve their mental health, they said.
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Denver Basic Income seeks homelessness solutions
Colorado Public Radio | October 12, 2023
There’s no “one size fits all” solution for homelessness, but one big idea being tested is literally giving unrestricted money to those struggling. We ask how the Denver Basic Income Project is working and hear from a man who says it's transformed his life.
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Direct cash for homeless Denver residents wins unanimous council approval
Colorado Newsline | October 11, 2023
The Denver Basic Income Project will get another year of funding to support people experiencing homelessness through direct cash assistance, with Denver City Council support.
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Is giving people cash working? What six months of DBIP tell us
Denverite | October 4, 2023
DBIP released data on the halfway mark of the pilot program, showing that rates of homelessness and food insecurity decreased, while shelter and employment rates increased.
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How does CO solve its homelessness problem? 3 programs that could help.
Colorado Sun | October 5, 2023
One doles out cash payments, another allows renters to build credit by paying on time, and a third trains people to work as live-in maintenance workers.
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Denver Basic Income Project Is Gaining More Confidence One Year In
Westword | September 18, 2023
Denver Basic Income project leader Mark Donovan sees plenty of proof that his idea of giving out cash works to improve the lives of the homeless.
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Basic income saved lives, say those rallying for extension of cash assistance
Colorado Newsline | September 23, 2023
State and city elected Democrats among advocates of cash assistance and the extension of the Denver Basic Income Project.
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