On this week’s episode, Brightpoint CEO Mike Shaver and University of Illinois School of Social Work researcher Will Schneider join to discuss Empower Parenting with Resource, a test of the impact of guaranteed income as a component of how child welfare systems engage parents. Empower will provide hundreds of system-involved parents with cash assistance as part of a randomized control trial.

Reading Room
New Research Funded on Mental Health, Child Welfare
https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/new-research-funded-mental-health-child-welfare/54184

Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/support-grows-for-no-strings-attached-cash-for-families-to-prevent-foster-care-removals/243395

The Bay Area’s Latest Guaranteed Income Program Offers Low-Income Families $500 a Month
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/bay-areas-latest-guaranteed-income-program/60793

Former Foster Youth Included in L.A. County Guaranteed Income Project
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/former-foster-youth-included-in-l-a-county-guaranteed-income-project/240181