For Immediate Release
In partnership with the City of Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, the Massachusetts ImmigrantCollaborative is excited to announce a new initiative to meet the basic needs of immigrant community members in the City. For one year, the Immigrant Economic Recovery Initiative (IERI)will support 200 low-income immigrant households disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 inBoston by providing monthly unconditional cash assistance of $600, as well as opportunities to participate in workforce trainings for an additional $200 and savings-based incentives to earn an additional $100 each month. In total, participants could receive a total of $900 per month.
The 200 participating families will be randomly selected by the City after The Collaborative concludes outreach so that every family that is eligible has an equal chance of getting into this program. This effort builds off of the City’s previous work to remedy the economic inequities that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Collaborative and the City will also work with a team of evaluators to assess the impact of this program. While this program specifically targetsBoston residents, the Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative is open to discussing the possibility of expanding similar financial empowerment initiatives to other areas in Massachusetts with interested funders. Meanwhile, we are thrilled to be partnering with the City of Boston in thisInitiative and look forward to working closely with the families participating in the program.
For more information about the Initiative, please contact the Massachusetts Immigrant
Collaborative at: ieri@immigrantrelief.org
