Maximizing the impact of direct cash transfers to young people: A policy toolkit
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 Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) programs are laid out in one place.
This policy toolkit offers guidance on designing and implementing direct cash transfer (DCT) programs for young people, particularly those facing homelessness or housing instability.
It emphasizes that DCTs can enhance economic security and well-being if carefully structured, recommending unconditional gifts and strategies to protect participants’ eligibility for public benefits such as SNAP, Medicaid, housing, and financial aid.
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