In the first year, the percentage of Mississippi participants able to pay all of their bills without additional support grew from 37% to 80%, according to the report. The percentage who could prepare three daily meals at home for their family grew from 32% to 75%. The percentage who completed their high school education grew from 63% to 85%, and the collective amount of predatory debt paid off totaled more than $10,000, according to the group’s own report.
Stirred by local reparations effort, national nonprofit to launch cash payment pilot program in Evanston
