In Her Hands’ Year One Evaluation Report is here.
Within 1 year of the 2 year program, participants in the In Her Hands guaranteed income program experienced: gains in financial stability & resilience, reduced use of high cost financial services, greater housing security, mental and physical health improvements, increased life satisfaction, and more.
These positive impacts are felt not just by the participants but across their children, families, and communities.
At the one year point in the two year program,
27.9% of IHH participants reported having “rainy day” funds compared to only 14.8% of comparison group members.
Participants experienced significantly fewer utility shutoffs (24.3% vs. 41.7%;), missed housing payments (36.6% vs. 53.4%), and evictions (5.9% vs. 14.4%;) than comparison group members in the prior six months.
Participants reported having 4 additional healthy days a month compared to comparison group members.
Participant access to healthful food in sufficient quantities increased by over 20%.
No statistically significant change in labor participation was found.
You can read GRO’s summary of the research at this link, or scroll to the bottom of this page for the full report.
“Our program builds on the immense body of evidence that additional cash helps families get ahead. The flexibility of cash and the agency it enables, means individuals can meet their needs how they know best.
We saw evictions cut in half, increased savings, families spending more time together, and 1.5 months of good health added back into to every year.
For a single intervention in one year, the results are impressive.”
Hope Wollensack, Founder and Executive Director,
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund
To add more personal context to our findings, our research team asked participants, “What does guaranteed income mean to you?” As a result, numerous individuals contributed photos, which we compiled into a video.
