Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More. She preached behind the walls and later, started motivational speaking. Both of those talents helped her generate income after she was released, allowing her to get back on her feet but then the pandemic hit. In January when Horton received funds through a program called Compton Pledge, she was in disbelief. It gave her a chance to survive, pay rent, and even buy a laptop so she could participate in speaking engagements over Zoom.
The hope is to learn how extra money can not only provide stability but also help people escape poverty. What are the impacts on psychosocial wellbeing? Private donors fund the program and so far, data shows participants are using the extra money to improve their lives.
They choose their food. Will they need to, like, what is really involved? Soon-Shiong said her team also took into consideration things like how best to distribute the money in a dignified manner — whether it was through a direct deposit or check or debit card — and ensured quick, reliable customer service.
She recently finished writing a book about how to deal with economic trauma and she wants to open her own center one day to help people overcome serious hardships, much like she has.
Open in Our App. By Renee Eng Compton.
