Reentry Pilot Tests $500 Cash Transfers to People Released from Prison
Date:  04-01-2023

Year-long program in New Haven will make monthly payments to people newly released from prison
From The New Haven Independent:

(Updated) Donald Moody spent the first $200 that he received from a cash-transfer pilot program for formerly incarcerated New Haveners on basketball lessons for his stepson.

How might he use future monthly allotments under the year-long program?

On the occasional restaurant date with his wife and on regular insurance payments for his car and motorcycle and on the many, many other bills that come with living outside prison, Moody said.

And maybe on a tuxedo for his long-planned-for wedding ceremony this July, too. Continue reading >>>