Four Years Of $333 Monthly Cash Transfers May Not Be Sufficient To Improve Maternal Mental Health Or Child Well-Being For Families In Poverty

Four-year monthly unconditional cash transfers of $333 per month for low-income mothers of young children may not be sufficient to improve maternal mental health outcomes or child well-being, according to a recent study. For this study, the comparison focused on differences in outcomes between mother and child well-being for mother/infant pairs that received $333 monthly over four years and mother/infant pairs that received $20 per month for four years. The cash was intended to be an unconditional gift that the mothers could use without restrictions. The $333 monthly gift represented an estimated 18% increase . . .