Poverty is a policy choice. New Jersey can choose to do better.
Cash benefit programs can be a lifeline for families, but traditional programs are weighed down by red tape and provide insufficient benefit amounts.
Across the state and across the country, Guaranteed Income pilots have broken down these barriers, and the results are clear: Putting cash in the hands of people who need it most immediately helps lift them out of poverty.
How can New Jersey learn from these pilots and start to think bigger?
Join New Jersey Policy Perspective and cohosts from Princeton University’s Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing and SPIA in NJ for a half-day summit that will explore Guaranteed Income as a concept, break down the key lessons from completed pilot programs, and envision how a statewide program could advance economic and racial justice for millions of New Jerseyans.
Progress Summit 2025: Guaranteed Income — Repair. Reimagine. Redistribute.
Thursday, September 18 | 9:00 am
Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding
Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
Registration is required.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, NJPP is proud to offer Progress 2025 events at no cost to attendees. If you’d like to help keep these events free and accessible, visit njpp.org/sponsorships or contact NJPP Individual Giving Manager Shelby Siwczak at shelby@njpp.org.
Progress Summit 2025: Guaranteed Income — Repair. Reimagine. Redistribute. is co-hosted by Princeton University’s Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing and SPIA in NJ. The Summit has been made possible by generous support from the Schumann Fund for New Jersey and the Turrell Fund.
Progress 2025 is made possible through support from AAPI New Jersey, ACLU of New Jersey, Adriana Abizadeh, Deb D’Arcangelo and Ed Dippold, Fair Share Housing Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, Latino Action Network Foundation, Make the Road New Jersey, The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, New Jersey Citizen Action, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Riverview Studios, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jon Shure and Janice Conklin, Tara Dowdell Group, and Susie Wilson.
Progress Summit 2025 is a nonpartisan event focused on policy education and will not serve as a campaign platform for any elected officials.