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Participants in Chelseaâs guaranteed income experiment are mostly spending at food stores, restaurants
City manager Thomas G. Ambrosino says a preliminary report shows people are using the monthly stipends âresponsibly.â
By Andy Rosen Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
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CHELSEA â Participants in Chelseaâs experimental guaranteed income program
are mostly spending their monthly stipend at food stores and restaurants, according to a preliminary report by Harvard University researchers following the closely watched Chelsea Eats initiative.
Supporters of the program, which began in November and will run through at least next month, say the findings support their view that putting money in peopleâs pockets is the most effective and humane way to offer them help.
UPDATED: Jan. 20, 2021 at 5:40 p.m.
During a tumultuous four years under the administration of Donald Trump, local leaders have dealt with the fallout of how its policies trickled down into the lives of Cambridge residents. While Covid-19 and economic fallout raged nationally, the cityâs top issues â small business erosion, food insecurity, and homelessness â have all been exacerbated.
Now, as President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office, he has proposed lengthy plans to tackle the nationâs crises. Looking ahead, Cambridge leaders said they have both hopes and demands for renewed local support under a Biden administration.
Under Trump, the Cambridge Community Foundation, a public charity that funds nonprofits around the city, transitioned to devoting its funding to combat the effects of the administrationâs âregressive policies,â according to its president, Geeta K. Pradhan.