A low-income millennial mom was evicted from her apartment but isn't 'homeless enough to get help'

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Melissa Hedden's household income is above the poverty line, but she struggles to afford housing and healthcare.

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Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs.

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Don't call them DINKs.
More Americans are becoming ALICEs — asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They live above the federal poverty line, but struggle to afford basic necessities.

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A Gen Xer struggles to afford housing and groceries, but her income is about $100 too high to get help

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Stillwater, Minnesota

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A Gen X mom makes $25,000 at Applebee's and can only afford one meal a day. She's one of many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck but don't qualify for government help.

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More Americans are becoming ALICEs — people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed but struggle to afford rent and groceries. The subject of the story is not pictured above.

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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 monthly payments with no strings attached. Some got new housing and employment rates nearly doubled.

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A view of the Seattle skyline.

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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called Uplift Harris an "unlawful" program.

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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found

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Financial assistance could limit rates of child abuse and neglect, a new study from doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia finds.

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A new Houston-area basic income program sending out $500 a month to residents with no strings attached had an acceptance rate lower than Harvard or Yale

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Uplift Harris recently selected nearly 2,000 participants out of over 82,000 applicants.

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A Georgia basic income program is giving Black women $850 a month. They say it helps them pay bills and reduce debt.

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A guaranteed income program in Atlanta gives low-income Black women $850 monthly.

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Republican leaders are worried that basic income programs will give Democrats an edge during the election

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Republicans worry that basic income programs grant an edge to their Democratic supporters.
Republicans worry that basic income programs grant an edge to their Democratic supporters.

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