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Summary

Embrace Mothers Birmingham was a guaranteed income pilot for adult single mothers in Birmingham, Alabama that provided participants with $375 per month for 12 months.

Embrace Mothers Birmingham was a guaranteed income pilot for adult single mothers in Birmingham, Alabama that provided participants with $375 per month for 12 months. The program provided unrestricted cash transfers that could be used for any type of expenses without any requirements to participate in services.

Eligible Embrace Mothers Birmingham applicants were adult single mothers who were residents of Birmingham, AL. There were no income eligibility criteria, but the average income at enrollment was about one-third of the city’s median household income and over three-quarters of study households were using public benefits. 

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Populations and employment barriers: Single parents, Parents

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Implementation details

Organizations implementing intervention

ELI Thrive, a local non-profit, implemented the pilot program.

The information contained here reflects how the intervention was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

The study was conducted in Birmingham, AL.

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
93%
White
5%
More than one race
2%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
2%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Canada

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