New Jersey’s Path to Prosperity Policy Report
Over the last two years, the Newark Movement for Economic Equity has piloted a guaranteed income program providing $6,000/year of additional income for two years. Drawing on the insights and outcomes of this pioneering initiative, the New Jersey Movement for Economic Equity Coalition, consisting of over 25 organizations & program providers, compiled a policy report calling for ten key policy changes that:
- Increase cash benefits for families and households
- Reduce administrative burdens for accessing existing cash and cash-like benefits
- Build towards a statewide guaranteed income program
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Guaranteed income provides an unconditional monthly cash payment directly to individuals, giving them a safeguard that helps to reduce economic insecurity. It is rooted in a history of racial justice movements and is seen by many as an important step towards economic equity.
The Newark guaranteed income pilot – Newark Movement for Economic Equity (NMEE) – supports 430 Newark residents with direct cash payments, with no stipulations.
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Task
Force
| Newark Guaranteed Income Task Force Members |
|---|
| Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Task Force Chair |
| Organization | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Policy and research | Advocates for Children of NJ | Peter Chen |
| Rutgers University Newark | David Troutt | |
| Housing and Community Development Network of NJ | Staci Berger | |
| NJ Policy Perspective | Sheila Reynertson | |
| NJ Institute for Social Justice | Tiara Moultrie | |
| Community based organizations | Ironbound Community Corporation | Joe DellaFave |
| La Casa de Don Pedro | Ray Ocasio | |
| Greater Newark LISC | Judith Thompson-Morris | |
| New Community Corporation | Richard Cammarieri | |
| United Way of Greater Newark | Catherine Wilson | |
| Urban League of Essex County | Vivian Cox Fraser | |
| Unified Vailsburg Service Organization | SanDonna Jones | |
| Government and partners | City of Newark/Council of NJ Grantmakers | Kevin Callaghan |
| City of Newark | Shoshanna Page | |
| NJ Economic Development Authority | Tai Cooper and Richard Kasmin | |
| Invest Newark | Bernel Hall | |
| Audible | Aisha Glover | |
| Newark Housing Authority | Victor Cirilo | |
| Financial capacity building organizations | NJ Citizen Action | Phyllis Salowe-Kay |
| Mobility Capital Finance (Mocafi) | Wole Coaxum | |
| Rising Tide Capital | Alex Forrestor | |
| Foundations and corporate partners | Burke Foundation | Atiya Weiss |
| Nicholson Foundation | Kim Boller | |
| MCJ Amelior Foundation | Suzanne Spero | |
| Prudential Foundation | Daryl Shore | |
| RWJ Barnabas Health | Diana Candelejo | |
| University Hospital | Thaddeus Diggs | |
| Victoria Foundation | Irene Cooper Basch | |
| Academic members | Rutgers University, Department of Urban-Global Public Health, School of Public Health | Leslie Kantor |
| Princeton University, Debt and Dignity Network | Frederick Wherry | |
| Technical assistance partners | Economic Security Project | Madeline Neighly and Taylor Jo Isenberg |
| Jain Family Institute | Rachel Black and Stephen Nuñez |