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Study Name
Study of Embrace Mothers Birmingham
Study Sharepoint ID
101002
Evaluation name
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income Evaluation
Intervention (standard name)
Embrace Mothers Birmingham
Strength of Evidence Tag
Low
Reason for the Rating

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a high-attrition randomized controlled trial that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a high-attrition randomized controlled trial that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

Design
Randomized controlled trial
Services
Unconditional cash transfers
Populations targeted
Single parents
Parents
Settings in which the intervention was studied
Urban only

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent female
100.00
Percent Parents
100.00
Percent Single Parents
100.00
Percent Unemployed
15.00
Percent welfare population
78.00
Percent Black or African American
92.50
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
1.50
Percent White
5.00
Percent More than one race
2.00
Group formation formatted
The study is a randomized control trial (RCT) that randomized assignment to the Embrace Mothers treatment and business-as-usual (BAU) control. Treatment and control samples were randomly selected after screening eligibility from a pool of more than 8,000 applicants for the study. Eligible study participants were Birmingham, Alabama residents who were single mothers aged 18 or older. There were no income requirements for participation. Both assignment and analysis were conducted at the individual level. There were 21 applicants who were randomly selected for the treatment condition but did not recieve any guaranteed income. However, to ensure an intent-to-treat analysis, these participants were included in the anaytical treatment group.
Study timing formatted

The Embrace Mothers intervention provided unrestricted cash transfers to single mothers for 12 months between March 2022 and Febraury 2023. The study analyzed outcome at the 6-month intervention midpoint, the 12-month intervention endpoint, and the 18-month follow-up post-pilot.

Implementing organization formatted

City of Birmingham, Alabama; ELI Thrive

Treatment condition formatted

The Embrace Mothers Birmingham pilot was designed to provide guaranteed income to single mothers aged 18 and older in Birmingham, Alabama, regardless of income. The city program provided participants with $375 per month for 12 months between March 2022 and February 2023. The payments were unrestricted cash transfers. The program was implemented through a local non-profit, ELI Thrive.

Comparison condition formatted

Comparison participants did not receive any cash transfers, consisituting a business-as-ususal condition.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Setting details formatted

Birmingham, Alabama

Delivered by public or private entity?
Public-private partnership
Secondary domains examined

Ineligible domains reported in the study include: income and financial well-being; mental, emotional, and physical well-being; and childcare access.

Earliest publication year
2024
Most recent publication year
2024
Manuscripts
101002_01_Jefferson
Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Unconditional cash transfers
Services Unclear
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Enrollment Period
[Enter the full name of the month and the 4-digit year when study enrollment started and ended. For example, "September 1997 to October 2001" or "March 2005 to May 2006"]
Intervention Duration
0.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
State & Region
Alabama