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  • What Ohio's Co-op Evangelists Learned From Spain's Thriving Union Co-op Network

    June 21, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Modeled after Spain’s Mondragon, an organization that helps develop cooperatively-owned businesses, Co-op Cincy is a nonprofit incubator helping businesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, do the same. The organization runs an educational course to teach teams everything they need to know, provides access to loans, and has ongoing technical assistance for its co-ops.

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  • Women in Nasarawa community utilize government's stipend to provide portable water

    June 15, 2023 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    The Conditional Cash Transfer program provides a monthly stipend to low-income individuals. The program was implemented in six local government areas and benefits over 48,000 people. Thanks to the funds from the program, several local women were able to pool their stipends together to repair their area’s only borehole to ensure locals have access to clean water.

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  • Wage Boosts for Local Workers

    June 06, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Scranton, Pennsylvania

    The city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, used some of its money from the American Rescue Plan Act to create a Wage Boost Grant for local businesses. The grant is used to raise hourly wages for two years allowing the business to save up money to keep the higher hourly rate after that. These raises are critical for small businesses trying to retain employees.

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  • How an $18.6 million dollar fund helps community organizations beat speculators and own their own spaces

    June 06, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Quebec

    More than twenty partners in Quebec (including public and private investors, philanthropic foundations, and labor funds) have joined forces to develop a suite of loan programs designed to help social-purpose organizations beat rent inflation and increase their ability to provide community services. The initiative helps qualifying organizations make real estate purchases quickly, rather than risk losing their existing spaces to other buyers while trying to arrange financing. To date, more than 30 social-purpose entities have already received financial assistance and the program is attempting to expand.

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  • How farming is saving Migori widows from wife inheritance 

    June 05, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nyasoko

    To fight back against “woman inheritance,” a practice in which women are married off to a brother-in-law after the death of a husband, widows in Nyasoko formed a support group that raises awareness about HIV, provides microloans, and maintains shared land for farming. The group now has 36 members and has enabled widows to start their own businesses and take control of their health.

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  • Can Guaranteed Income Prevent Gentrification?

    May 30, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The city of Louisville, Kentucky, partnered with community organizations to launch a guaranteed income program for young adults. The program distributed monthly $500 payments to participants for one year with no strings attached to help ensure financial stability, reduce community violence, and combat displacement.

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  • Bangladesh tests climate finance for disaster-hit communities

    May 30, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Several organizations provide financial support like green bonds and insurance to farmers in Bangladesh to help protect them from crop loss caused by climate change disasters.

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  • Portland group works to make wealth redistribution a reality through real estate

    May 18, 2023 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Volunteers of the PDX Housing Solidarity Project are working to redistribute generational wealth through homeownership in Portland. The project connects people with ample resources to Black and Indigenous homebuyers and helps facilitate cash gifts, no-interest loans, or other ways to assist throughout the process.

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  • Her daughter was killed, her son was taken away. This new Yolo program found her a new home

    May 13, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Yolo County Basic Income Program is helping local parents with children under six who are experiencing homelessness. The basic income program gives each family $1,200 to $1,500 each month with no strings attached. The amount varies monthly based on how much is needed to put them above California’s Poverty Measure.

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  • A Simple Fix Lifts Single Moms Out of Poverty in India's Slums

    May 12, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, Jaipur

    Fund a Mom gives 40 single mothers in Jaipur, India, $60 a month with no strings attached. The guaranteed income program helps them cover necessary expenses giving them the breathing room to find paid employment.

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