NPR, January 14, 2022, DC launches pilot program to give cash to new parents and pregnant people
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the city is putting $1.5 million towards a pilot program to provide direct cash payments to 132 low-income new parents and pregnant people in wards 5, 7, and 8, offering each of them up to $900 a month for a year — with no conditions or expectations on how they should spend it.
The program — known as Strong Families, Strong Future D.C. — will be managed by Martha’s Table, a social services organization that has run its own cash assistance programs.
