Can $4,000 lift a family out of poverty? New San Diego County program aims to find out
“An unusual San Diego County program operated by Jewish Family Service of San Diego will aim to answer that question on a large scale, through a grant and research study that will give a direct cash payment of $4,000 to 2,250 low-income San Diegans and no payment to another similar group. People in both groups will have access to short-term personal finance training. Then, researchers with the county’s Office of Evaluation, Performance and Analytics will study the two groups and see how their financial pictures evolve over time.”