Rural Income Maintenance Experiment - North Carolina
Official Program Website
NA
Program Description
The Rural Income Maintenance Experiment was initiated in 1968 with a planning grant from the Ford Foundation. The study was carried out by the Office for Economic Opportunity through a gral;lttothe Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Director of the study was Lee Bawden.
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin -Madison
IMPLEMENTATION DATA
Implementation Dates
1970 - 1972
Implementation Status
Concluded
Total Number of Participants
810
Type of Funding
Public
Participants Receiving the Transfer
Households
Transfer Amount
Varied up to $3,333 for a family of 4
Frequency of Payment
Monthly
Duration of Payment
24 months
Is Use of Funds Available?
No
Is the Pilot a Randomized Control Trial (RCT)?
Yes
TARGETING INFORMATION
Type of Tagergeting
Individual/household means-testing and demographic
Targeting Details
Families with at least one working-age male who was neither a full-time student nor disabled with income up to 150% of the federal poverty level ($3,330 for a family of four in 1968)
