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While New Orleans has yet to publicly announce the specifics of its upcoming guaranteed income pilot, it has identified its target population: "opportunity youth" — young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor working.
Now, city officials are looking to unconditional cash payments as a potential way to help them reconnect.
“To my knowledge, there hasn't been a pilot in the world that's been targeted at this specific demographic,” Joshua Cox, director of strategic initiatives for the City of New Orleans, said in an interview with New Orleans Public Radio.
“We think it's a tremendous opportunity to show the effects of direct cash and giving folks the ability to make decisions that are best for their lives.”