A new program gives low-income Maine mothers monthly cash. Will it help lift them out of poverty?

Nationally, basic and guaranteed income programs have been found to have many benefits related to financial and economic security, though there are also challenges, particularly around funding, said Josie Phillips, a policy fellow at the nonpartisan Maine Center for Economic Policy.

Click here to read the full story, first published August 1, 2023 in the Portland Press Herald.