L.A. Councilmember Curren D. Worth launched the newest iteration of the Metropolis of LA’s Assured Primary Earnings (GBI) efforts with a brand new program that can ship $1,000 a month for 2 years to transitional-age youth and survivors of intimate companion violence.
The initiative, referred to as STAY SAFE (Supporting Transitional-Aged Youth and Survivors in Attaining Monetary Empowerment), is funded with $2 million in discretionary {dollars}, together with $1 million every from Councilmembers Worth and Hugo Soto-Martínez. The $2 million program will cowl greater than 80 members, with oversight by the Metropolis’s Group Funding for Households Division (CIFD).
“This newest step underscores a multi-year push we now have made to make use of assured revenue as a software towards poverty and instability in Los Angeles,” mentioned Worth.
“STAY SAFE will give younger individuals and survivors the respiratory room to decide on security, keep housed, and plan their futures. It’s a promise that Los Angeles sees them, values them, and is investing of their dignity and I’m dedicated to rising this lifeline to succeed in much more Angelenos.”
The focused enlargement just lately authorised by the L.A. Metropolis Council builds on Los Angeles’ earlier Primary Earnings Assured: Los Angeles Financial Help Pilot (BIG:LEAP), a $38 million program that was the biggest of its type within the nation when it launched. BIG:LEAP supplied $1,000 a month for 12 months to greater than 3,200 Angelenos, and drew greater than 50,000 purposes. Worth championed that effort, which was designed and applied by CIFD in session with the Metropolis Council, Mayor, and educational analysis companions.
Proof from the BIG:LEAP research helped form the teams prioritized for the brand new STAY SAFE program. Researchers with the Middle for Assured Earnings Analysis on the College of Pennsylvania, working with native companions at USC and UCLA, tracked members and a management group from January 2022 to March 2023. Their findings indicated that recurring, direct money funds improved members’ monetary nicely‑being, meals safety, and well being‑selling behaviors, and strengthened their sense of neighborhood. Notably, recipients reported larger skill to deal with a $400 emergency expense.
Worth framed STAY SAFE as a direct extension of that proof: recurring money, delivered merely and constantly, to teams proven to learn most. CIFD will proceed to handle implementation and analysis as this system rolls out throughout the council districts represented by Worth, District 9, and Soto‑Martínez, District 13.
