Mary Bogle

Mother. Lifelong poverty fighter. Principal research assoc at Urban Institute focusing on cash, social networks, equi dev, DC region, 2Gen. All views mine.

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

The Austin Statesman published an Op-Ed I wrote on why attempts to preempt #GuaranteedIncome pilots going on in states like Texas are short-sighted. Direct cash can be a springboard to opportunity for families with low-income, especially their children.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Opinion: Despite backlash, guaranteed income pilot programs are lifting up Texas families https://t.co/pf0usuFTuN

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

Here's an informative article on the guaranteed income bans going on, and how they are contrary to the evidence on direct cash being an effective means to lift people out of poverty. I'm quoted. https://t.co/GNilTGfRRE

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

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[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

I wrote this blog to respond to the ill-advised bans on guaranteed income programs going on in a number of states. Policymakers responsible for this are acting on their bias against people with low income, not evidence.

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

Guaranteed income programs are often more effective than existing government programs; they embody core American values, such as liberty and efficiency. This Urban Wire piece explores how banning guaranteed income programs undermines American values.
https://t.co/8qMLs0j1WC

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

@CpspPoverty @diversitydataki This is why direct cash exceeds the standard safety net relief programs in effectiveness and equity. https://t.co/bKLkTt9J8z

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

State policymakers banning and seeking to ban guaranteed income experiments may be forgoing insights on the most popular, effective—and American—solution to poverty ever advanced in the US. Read my recent @urbaninstitute blog to learn more.
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[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

@elonmusk Really? A burning cross? This is the most ignorant brand marketing I’ve ever seen. I left Twitter a while back over Musk’s inane management of the platform and only returned today to verify he really posted this. This confirms my choice to head to Threads.

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@MaryMBogle: "One of the things we saw with THRIVE very clearly is that people made these really thoughtful, dynamic choices. But it involves trusting people to make good decisions & our safety net is designed with a lack of trust." (via @DanielleBMcLean) https://t.co/iZnwBzlo4a

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@MaryMBogle: Those living "in neighborhoods that are disinvested in are used to being treated badly by systems... I think their extraordinary reactions in this case say a lot about the barriers these folks usually encounter." (via @mslaurabliss) https://t.co/TKUoDb6ozD

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@MaryMBogle: "Our safety net is very judgmental, but it does not show a lot of good judgment. If we designed a safety net...to help people in this country that was based on evidence, we would not have the systems the way they look now." (via @LorieKonish) https://t.co/hRqVz6zZqz

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

New research: @MaryMBogle, @livfiol, @ElaineMaag, @eleanorble, @PeterTatian, @faycwalker, & team share what they’ve learned from DC’s THRIVE East of the River guaranteed income pilot. https://t.co/8TPFxqtfrj

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

If you care about #guaranteedincome, check out the evaluation of THRIVE East of the River @urbaninstitute just released. Here's a CNBC article that does a good job summarizing: https://t.co/EUB9eGEhrS

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@MaryMBogle: "What THRIVE gives you is a window into the choices that people would make if they didn’t have all these safety net caps on them." (via @allyschweitzer) https://t.co/lYQwQfQsPS

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

Live long and prosper, Twitterverse. Here’s hoping we really do achieve peace on earth (and throughout “the Federation” 😀) one day.

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

Every City Hall in the country can learn a lot about what real and equitable citizen engagement looks like from the @CitiesOfService #LoveYourBlock model.

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

Community engagement is key to an equitable recovery, writes @MaryMBogle. https://t.co/i2yNmCmqpR

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@MaryMBogle: "There's no barrier on cash." (via @SteveBisaha) https://t.co/l64Y4ySF7c

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

This is exactly why I offer a continuous feedback loop in almost every evaluation I conduct. Interventions and policies that seek to improve outcomes for people are not built overnight, but on lessons learned by people making course corrections based on real-time data.

[Freakonomics @Freakonomics]

“At the frontier, progress is made by trial and error and error and error,” says venture capitalist @billjaneway. “Tolerance of error is essential. An exclusive pursuit of efficiency is the enemy of innovation. That’s often why big companies fail.” https://t.co/FowgL759zN

[Ascend at the Aspen Institute @AspenAscend]

Today is the last day in 2021 for non-filers to sign up for the #ChildTaxCredit!

The monthly #CTC payments provide 61M families with school supplies, childcare, and putting food on the table.

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

So here's a very important conversation on the road to more cash-based social policy.

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

#LiveAtUrban, 9/13: Join @shenarashley, @MaryMBogle, @BenSoskis, @faycwalker, Sonia Torres Rodríguez, @swartell, @ToniaWellons, & others as they reflect on the implications & future of philanthropic efforts aimed at transferring cash directly to people. https://t.co/yS07wffWHM

[Mary Bogle @MaryMBogle]

DC peeps who are vaxxed and prepared to have some great safe fun -- check this out!!!!

[JGL Law Firm @JGL_Law]

Dance Like a Mother fundraiser is on Friday, August 27th at @WundergartenDC. Hosted by @1stShiftJustice. Proceeds will support their work to help working mothers fight employment discrimination. @equality_lawyer will be performing.

More information here: https://t.co/3L9zRo2Nll