Young parents in Baltimore are getting $1,000 a month, no strings attached, a deal so good some 'thought it was a scam'

• The Baltimore Young Families Success Fund provides 200 young parents $1,000 a month.
• The fund is part of a pilot project meant to show the impact of a guaranteed income.
• One participant told Insider they were "ecstatic" to get the cash "without stipulations and strings."

At one point, she and her fiance were living in a car. She was pregnant and they were sharing the space with her young daughter, who has developmental issues that require special care. It was her most valued possession, that vehicle, and she was on the verge of losing it. "It was freezing," she added, and her family had nowhere else to go.