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New Orleans Will Give Unconditional Cash Payments To 'Opportunity Youth'


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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.” ....

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