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“After promising preliminary findings and a $1 million investment from the city of New Orleans, a guaranteed income program that began with 20 students … in 2020 will expand this fall to 1,600 high school seniors at schools across the city over the next three years. Deemed the ‘$50 Study,’ the program gives students $50 per week and follows their academic and financial progress. It's one of the first of its kind to study the impact of universal basic income on youth”

https://www.nola.com/news/education/guaranteed-income-study-expands-to-more-high-schoolers/article_b1636f56-5692-11ef-97bd-57631bf1517c.html