Basic Information
Country
United States
Region
Louisiana
Governing level
Municipal
Funding
Budget (local currency)
US$0.95 million
Budget currency
USD
Funding type
Private
Additional funding source
Public
Funding description
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income gave $500,000 and Caddo Parish gave $450,000.
Budget description
This amount covered the City of Shreveport: project manager ($20,000), Marketing and Outreach ($5,800), Supplies ($355). United Way of North West Louisiana: Manager ($3,650), 3 x Financial counselors ($12,500), Administrative Assistant ($2,400), Fringe Benefits ($4,637), Office Supplies ($336), Credit Reports and Scores ($336), Indirect cost ($2,386). Participant distributions ($897,600).
Timeline
Project start date
02/09/2021
Project start year
2022
Final project release date
01/10/2024
Length of project (days)
1125
Experiment start date
01/03/2022
Experiment start year
2022
Experiment end date
08/02/2023
Experiment end year
2023
Number of start dates
1
Length of experiment (days)
344
Participants
Number of treatment groups
1
Sample size (intervention)
110
Unit of analysis
Households
Control group?
Yes
Control group sample size
132
Target group description
Families led by single parents/guardians who are residents of Shreveport/ Caddo parish. 18 years or older at the time of application, primary caregiver for a child between 3 and 20 years old at the time of application, functionally single, household income at or below 120% of the federal poverty line. That threshold of 120 percent of FPL was $20,904 for a two-person household and increased by $5,448 for each additional person.
Gender target
No
Income target
Yes
Age target (outside working age)
No
Family target
Yes
Labour market status target
No
Disability target
No
Occupation target
No
Industry target
No
Design and Implementation
Saturation
Dispersed
Evaluation
External
Conditionality
Only unconditional treatments
Taper rates
No tapers
Alternative interventions
None