Media
Press Contact: Kevin Scott, kscott@csgnv.org
WUFT, Aubrey Bocalan
January 29, 2024
Main Street Daily News, Staff Reports
January 15, 2024
Prison Policy Initiative, Brian Nam-Sonenstein and Lucius Couloute
December 5, 2023
Scripps News, Chris Stewart
November 30, 2023
Courthouse News Service, Thomas F. Harrison
November 27, 2023
WCJB TV20 News, Kayla Lewis
November 5, 2023
Main Street Daily News, C.J. Gish
September 25, 2023
Dream.Org, Rachael Payton
September 7, 2023
The Guardian, Vivian Ho
June 13, 2023
Gainesville Sun, Nora O’Neill
May 1, 2023
Prism, Makaelah Walters
January 5, 2023
CBS-4 News, Massiel Leyva
November 18, 2022
Washington Examiner, Barnini Chakraborty
August 29, 2022
Forbes, E. Napoletano
May 12, 2022
Syre, Hannah Lemoine
April 21, 2022
Basic Income Earth Network, Meagan Merritt
April 11, 2022
Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity, Bill Nichols
March 2, 2022
Gainesville Sun, Gershon Harrell
March 1, 2022
The Black Wall Street Times, Ezekiel J. Walker
February 28, 2022
The Crime Report, Andrea Cipriano
February 28, 2022
ABC News, Kiara Alfonseca
February 27, 2022
The program is being tested in Gainesville, Florida.
Scripps Media, Maya Rodriguez
February 14, 2022
A program is trying to see if a basic income for the formerly incarcerated may be the answer to shutting the revolving door into the criminal justice system.
Vox, Siobhan McDonough
February 3, 2022
Can giving people cash keep them from going back to prison?
The Independent Florida Alligator, Troy Myers
November 22, 2021
Community Spring fellows believe a criminal sentence shouldn’t impact lives after people serve their time.
BNC, Prime with Charles Blow
November 12, 2021
One population that has been hit hard by the current economic climate is that of the formerly incarcerated.
Business Insider, Aria Bendix
November 12, 2021
The program hopes to lift recipients out of poverty and prevent reincarceration.
Fast Company, Talib Visram
November 12, 2021
As well as helping former prisoners, the program aims to raise awareness among the public about the grim reality of reentering daily life.
WUFT News, Nora O’Neill
November 11, 2021
Just Income GNV is working to provide a guaranteed income to 115 Alachua County residents who were recently released from prison or jail.
CBS-4 News, Taniqua Pennix
November 10, 2021
Applications for Just Income GNV are now open to Alachua County residents who’ve begun felony probation or have been released from a Florida state prison, federal prison, or Florida county jail with a felony on or after June 1st, 2021.
The Gainesville Sun, Mayor Lauren Poe & Kevin Scott
November 5, 2021
At Just Income GNV, we believe that direct cash is the currency of urgency and that guaranteed income works more effectively when it’s unconditional, direct, and simple. Guaranteed income is a way to recognize everyone’s inherent dignity and if we want our community to thrive, that means we need to include everyone.
CBS-4 News, Briana Nespral
July 15, 2021
As someone who served time in prison, Kevin Scott understands the value of a guaranteed income for people returning home. Our new project manager talks about our upcoming guaranteed income pilot for people coming out of prison.
The Alligator, Alexander Lugo
June 1, 2021
Kevin Scott, the soon-to-be manager of our guaranteed income pilot, describes in this recent article that upon release from prison he couldn't get a job, was in debt, and was still responsible for court fees, probation fees, and child support. Failure to pay any of these would land you right back in prison.
The Gainesville Sun, Editorial Board
March 8, 2021
People who have been incarcerated face challenges to reentering society. Having a criminal record can be a barrier to employment, housing, and general acceptance. Difficulties in getting a job and having stability only make recidivism more likely. “What ends up happening is that every sentence becomes a life sentence,” said Lindsay Kallman, executive director of the Gainesville nonprofit Community Spring.
CBS-4 News, Taniqua Pennix
February 24, 2021
“We learned a lot about economic resiliency in our community, and how low it is. When we did our community based research we found about half of Alachua County residents making under $50,000 a year, couldn’t come up with $400 if an emergency arose,” Executive Director, Lindsay Kallman said. Kallman said the guaranteed income program will serve as an income floor so people aren’t in a constant crisis.
WCJB TV20 News, Claudia Bellofatto
February 17, 2021
For many ex-prisoners, a program like this could be life-changing. Tequila McKnight got out of the prison system 7 years ago. She is now a fellow at Community Spring and says the program will have a huge impact.
The Gainesville Sun, John Henderson
February 15, 2021
Our guaranteed income pilot program in Gainesville would be among the first of its kind in the country. It would pay people who were previously incarcerated a guaranteed monthly income to help them get back on their feet.
WCJB TV20 News, Claudia Bellofatto
February 10, 2021
In collaboration with Mayor Poe, Community Spring’s new guaranteed income pilot is profiled here as a tool for racial and gender equity. Plans for this new initiative are underway.
WUFT-NPR, Meghan Porterfield
February 8, 2021
This segment on NPR covered a panel discussion with Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe on the importance of a guaranteed income. “Poverty is created by human beings and therefore can be solved by human beings. So, that’s the approach we’re taking. In Gainesville, we have chosen to focus specifically on returning citizens who have been incarcerated,” says Mayor Poe.
WUFT-NPR, Thomas Holton
February 8, 2021
This radio clip and article discusses Community Spring’s CS Direct program and describes how we are expanding that work into a guaranteed income pilot program.
The Gainesville Sun
Max Tipping, Policy Director & Nadine Johnson, Fellow
December 18, 2020
In this op-ed, Max Tipping and Nadine “Hope” Johnson discuss a guaranteed income in the context of our CS Direct initiative. “We hope that CS Direct can serve as a model and inspiration for future, broader efforts to get economic assistance directly to our neighbors who need it most. A guaranteed income would be a powerful means of addressing poverty and ushering in Dr. King’s vision of ‘a new day of justice and brotherhood.’”
The Gainesville Sun
Mayor Lauren Poe
December 18, 2020
In this op-ed, Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe describes why he joined Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, “Racial income and wealth gaps continue to grow, made worse by the pandemic’s disproportionate toll on Black and brown communities… The old approaches to poverty reduction have proven unsuccessful. It is time to try a new model so we can once and for all eliminate poverty and give every neighbor the same chance at a fair and prosperous future.”