Denver nonprofit testing $1000 monthly payments as a potential answer to homelessness
The Denver Basic Income Project and The University of Denver are testing a theory that $1,000 monthly payments can alleviate poverty and homelessness.
and last updated 2021-05-02 15:59:32-04
DENVER, Colo. â The circumstances that lead to homelessness is a problem Denver is trying to solve. A new project wants to find out if $1,000 direct payments to people living on Denver s streets could be one of those solutions. People across the country are recognizing the huge benefits of basic income, said Jessica Sherwood, the director of the Denver Basic Income Project. We know that this is going to make a huge change in people s lives.
The NBC4 I-Team first met these mothers last July when they, like many others, decided to take over their children s education, instead of participating in the online learning offered by local schools.
They filed what s called a private school affidavit or PSA, to create their own private home-based school.
Back then, the I-Team found the number of these types of PSA s increased, and we ve learned they ve skyrocketed since. New data from the California Department of Education shows PSA s of five students or less filed in October, which are for the current school year, have more than doubled from the previous year, and they ve continued to double every month since, compared to the year before.