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It describes a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial evaluating how unconditional payments of $500 per month for 12 months affect fathers’ quality of life, work, self-perception, and relationships. Findings highlight improved food security, more stable income, and higher full-time employment, alongside persistent structural barriers, elevated stress reported by recipients, and substantial diversion of payments toward child support obligations.","The American Guaranteed Income Studies: Columbia, South Carolina  \nAUTHORS  \nAlexander Bervik, MSW Abram J. Lyons, MSW Stacia West, PhD Nidhi Tandon, MPhil Amy Castro, PhD Briana Nichols, PhD  \nFebruary 2024  \nSUGGESTED CITATION  \nBervik, A., Lyons, A., West, S., Tandon, N., Castro, A., & Nichols, B. (2024, February) . The American Guaranteed Income Studies: Columbia, South Carolina. University of Pennsylvania, Center for Guaranteed Income Research.  \nFront Cover Image: Skyline of downtown Columbia, South Carolina from above Jarvis Klapman Blvd  \n(Source: Shutterstock, Sean Pavone).  \nInside Cover Image: Father carrying son on shoulder as they walk in the park.  \nCOLUMBIA,  \nThe American Guaranteed Income Studies: Columbia, South Carolina  \nExecutive Summary   \nIn June 2021, the Columbia, South Carolina’s City Council voted to approve the Columbia Life Improvement Monetary Boost (CLIMB) program that was implemented by the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition (MFC) . Funded by Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and the Central Carolina Community Foundation, and spearheaded by Mayor Steve Benjamin, the program provided unconditional guaranteed income (GI) payments of $500 per month for 12 months to fathers residing in the 29203 and 29223 zip codes. Individuals were eligible to apply if they were a father living in the target area and were a current or former client of MFC, a local nonprofit that has provided supportive services to fathers in the area since 1998.  \nThe Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR) conducted a mixed-methods Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate CLIMB; it randomly assigned 100 caregivers to the treatment arm and 130 caregivers to the control arm. Both groups had similar demographic characteristics; all were fathers, and most were African American or Black, with an average age of approximately 38 years. The mean annual household income at baseline was $21,222 for the treatment group and $20,207 for the control group—less than half of the Area Median Income for Columbia at the time.  \nThe CLIMB evaluation was guided by the following primary research question: how does GI affect participants’ quality of life; work; subjective sense of self; and relationships with self, children, and others? For both treatment and control participants, CGIR administered compensated research activities consisting of four longitudinal surveys from Baseline to Endline and semi-structured interviews at the midpoint of the CLIMB program. A summary of the overall findings followed by more specific findings separated into research question subparts are contained below.  \nSummary of Findings  \nTaken together, the findings of this report illustrate the compounded effects of financial precarity, structural racism, and exploitative institutions on the overall well-being of Black fathers. GI recipients had greater courage than those in the control group, as well as greater aptitude to envision a different future and make plans to realize it. Receipt of the GI did allow fathers to attain greater food security and quality. They maintained their full-time employment at higher rates than those in the control group, yet could see no way out of working conditions that were perceived as exploitative and underpaid.  \nAs many fathers were non-custodial parents, most owed child support or other court-ordered obligations of approximately $300 per month, or 60% of the monthly GI payment, which may have diluted the near-term, individual impacts of GI receipt. Whether through mandated child support  \nCENTER FOR GUARANTEED INCOME RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA  \nTHE AMERICAN GUARANTEED INCOME STUDIES: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA  4  \npayments or the desire to provide for their children, fathers overwhelmingly spent the GI on their children. As one participant put it, “it’s really their money, it’s not the parents’money or the father’s money, it’s the kids’ money.”  \nOver time, fathers receiving the GI did report lower income volatility than those in the","cbCaigZxo3WOCvvF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigZxo3WOCvvF","pdf",8625090,1,53,"English","en",105,"# Executive Summary\n## Program overview and eligibility\n## Research design and data collection\n## Summary of findings\n## Key findings at a glance","[{\"question\":\"CLIMB guaranteed income program在哥伦比亚（Columbia）提供了哪些资助？\",\"answer\":\"CLIMB为符合条件、居住在特定邮编区域的父亲提供无条件保证收入，每月500美元，持续12个月。\"},{\"question\":\"研究如何评估GI对参与者的影响？\",\"answer\":\"研究由Center for Guaranteed Income Research开展混合方法随机对照试验，将100名照护者分配到治疗组、130名分配到对照护组。并通过从Baseline到Endline的四次纵向调查，以及计划中点的半结构式访谈收集数据。\"},{\"question\":\"报告的主要发现有哪些？\",\"answer\":\"总体上，GI接收者更可能维持全职就业，收入波动更小且食物保障更好；平均约300美元（约占保证收入的60%）用于每月子女抚养或其他法院命令义务。但治疗组父亲在所有数据点报告了更高的心理压力，同时仍受身体健康问题和制度性约束影响。\"}]","The American Guaranteed Income Studies - Columbia, South Carolina - Executive Summary | PDF",1787822012,134,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":86,"head_meta":88,"extra_data":90,"updated_unix":28},"the-american-guaranteed-income-studies-columbia-south-carolina-executive-summary","",{"@graph":36,"@context":85},[37,54,68],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,51],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":53},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-american-guaranteed-income-studies-columbia-south-carolina-executive-summary/150502/",4,{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":55,"author":56,"headline":13,"publisher":58,"fileFormat":61,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":62,"datePublished":62,"encodingFormat":61,"isAccessibleForFree":63,"interactionStatistic":64},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":57},"Person",{"url":41,"name":59,"@type":60},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-27",true,{"@type":65,"interactionType":66,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":67},"ViewAction",{"@type":69,"mainEntity":70},"FAQPage",[71,77,81],{"name":72,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":74},"CLIMB guaranteed income program在哥伦比亚（Columbia）提供了哪些资助？","Question",{"text":75,"@type":76},"CLIMB为符合条件、居住在特定邮编区域的父亲提供无条件保证收入，每月500美元，持续12个月。","Answer",{"name":78,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":79},"研究如何评估GI对参与者的影响？",{"text":80,"@type":76},"研究由Center for Guaranteed Income Research开展混合方法随机对照试验，将100名照护者分配到治疗组、130名分配到对照护组。并通过从Baseline到Endline的四次纵向调查，以及计划中点的半结构式访谈收集数据。",{"name":82,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":83},"报告的主要发现有哪些？",{"text":84,"@type":76},"总体上，GI接收者更可能维持全职就业，收入波动更小且食物保障更好；平均约300美元（约占保证收入的60%）用于每月子女抚养或其他法院命令义务。但治疗组父亲在所有数据点报告了更高的心理压力，同时仍受身体健康问题和制度性约束影响。","https://schema.org",{"og:url":52,"og:type":87,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":59,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":89,"canonical":52},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":92},[93,97,101,105,110,115,120,123,128,131,135],{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":94,"show_sort_weight":95,"slug":96},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":47,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":53,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":106,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":107,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]