Maximizing Impact of Direct Cash Transfers to Young People Navigating interactions with tax obligations, public benefits, and other financial assistance.

Type
Guide/Toolkit
Journal
Child Welfare
Organization

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.

Abstract

With support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chapin Hall collaborated with national policy experts, practitioners, and young adults with lived experience of homelessness to create a policy toolkit where tax, public benefits, and educational aid implications for young people participating in DCT programs are laid out in one place.   The toolkit includes well-researched, vetted, and user-friendly resources developed and reviewed by subject matter experts. Collaborators also identified strategies to mitigate adverse effects on young people, in order to maximize the positive effects of the DCT on young people’s well-being and investments in their personal goals. This toolkit is one of the most comprehensive dives into the complexities of cash transfer implications for youth and young adults available to policymakers, practitioners, and program funders today.