Miracle friends and miracle money in California: a mixed-methods experiment of social support and guaranteed income for people experiencing homelessness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper describes the protocols for a randomized controlled trial using a parallel-group trial design that includes an intervention designed to address social isolation and loneliness among people experiencing homelessness known as Miracle Friends and an intervention that combines Miracles Friends with an economic poverty-reduction intervention known as Miracle Money. Miracle Friends pairs an unhoused person with a volunteer "phone buddy." Miracle Money provides guaranteed basic income of $750 per month for 1 year to Miracle Friends participants. The study will examine whether either intervention reduces social isolation or homelessness compared to a waitlist control group.

Methods

Unhoused individuals who expressed interest in the Miracle Friends program were

SUBMITTER: Henwood BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11059706 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature