Direct cash assistance is a proven trust-based strategy to reduce childhood and family poverty.

After significant surveying of opportunities, AHF provided anchor funding and leadership to support a San Diego Guaranteed Income (GI) pilot program that is providing more than 150 low-income, majority BIPOC families with children with $500/month for two years. Expected results from this GI pilot include improvements in income volatility; self-reported mental and physical health; sense of wellbeing; effect on children; stress, and other financial security measures. Given broad statewide and national attention for the GI movement, we hope to leverage AHF’s funding by at least 20x or more to provide direct cash payments to families in need in San Diego and Imperial counties, and to contribute meaningfully to the broader field of GBI (guaranteed basic income) expansion advocacy. Lead Partner: Jewish Family Service of San Diego; San Diego for Every Child

Direct cash assistance is a proven trust-based strategy to reduce childhood and family poverty. After significant surveying of opportunities, AHF provided anchor funding and leadership to support a San Diego Guaranteed Income (GI) pilot program that is providing more than 150 low-income, majority BIPOC families with children with $500/month for two years. Expected results from the GI pilot include improvements in income volatility, self-reported mental and physical health, sense of wellbeing, effect on children, stress and other financial security measures. Given broad statewide and national attention for the GI movement, we hope to leverage AHF’s funding by at least 20x or more to provide direct cash payments to families in need in San Diego and Imperial counties, and to contribute meaningfully to the broader field of GBI (guaranteed basic income) expansion advocacy. Lead partners: Jewish Family Service of San Diego; San Diego for Every Child

AHF is proud to be a funding partner in the Black Women Resilience Project (BWRP), a partnership between Café X, San Diego for Every Child and Jewish Family Service. BWRP represents one of the first guaranteed income pilots in our region as an economic and justice tool to help address the racial and gender inequalities that impact the lives of Black women. Guaranteed income is an unconditional monthly cash payment given directly to individuals with no strings attached and no work requirements. Meant to supplement, rather than replace, the existing social safety net, guaranteed income can be a critical tool for improving racial and gender equity.

(Café X: By Any Beans Necessary (Café X) is a family-owned, Black woman-owned cooperative coffee shop built to support generational wealth building in the Black community and other marginalized communities.)