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Columbus families experiencing homelessness to get $1,500, monthly payments
RISE Together and Community Shelter Board partner to provide guaranteed income to homeless families in Franklin County. Selected families will receive an initial $1,500 payment and then $500 monthly for a year.

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Motherful Village: Housing cooperative for single mothers being planned in Franklin County
A group of single mothers in Franklin County, Ohio are working to design a co-housing community.

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First-ever unconditional guaranteed income initiative for single mothers in Columbus
Ohio Mothers Trust is designed to help single mothers get the resources they need to support their families. It’s a collaborative effort between Rise Together Innovation Institute, Up Together and Motherful. CEO of Rise Together Innovation Institute Danielle Sydnor said this initiative stems from their research on poverty in Franklin County. Thirty-two single mothers across Franklin County will receive $500 a month over the next year.

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Report released detailing Franklin Co. poverty, program giving cash to single moms launches same day
"Poverty is actually really expensive. It was estimated to cost us $5.7 billion in 2023 in the form of lost earnings, health care...

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Some Ohio Mothers Are Getting $500 in Monthly Payments: Who Qualifies?
Ohio Mothers Trust is sending its first payments this week to the 32 Columbus mothers who have been approved for the program. The Ohio Mothers Trust payments are the first unconditional guaranteed income program in Columbus and reflect a growing movement toward these types of pilots across the country.

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