Application Information

The application is designed by researchers at the Center for Guaranteed Income Research—the questions are chosen because they will help build a better understanding of the impact that finances may have on our well-being and everyday lives. There are many unanswered questions about how guaranteed income works—including whom it works for, and what effects it can have. Learning more about the answers to these questions will help us build better policies and programs in the future. The information you share will never be linked to you directly and it will be de-identified before it is analyzed, so your information will remain confidential and private.

Successfully completing the application should get you to a final screen that should look like the image below.

As long as you saw that screen, you have been entered into the random selection process! Because the information you shared in the application is protected and confidential, the program partners are not allowed to know who has applied for the pilot—only the independent research team at the Center for Guaranteed Income Research has access to that information right now.

1. The applications are processed by independent researchers at the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania to make sure there are no duplications and that all entries meet UpLift’s eligibility criteria.

2. Once the applications are cleaned, they are then randomized to ensure no bias. If randomly selected to participate, you will end up in one of two groups:

• • Recipients: people who will receive the monthly cash and will be eligible to participate in compensated surveys so we can learn more about guaranteed income;
  • Control participants: people who will not receive the monthly cash, but who will be eligible to earn gift cards by taking research surveys during the pilot so we can learn more about central Iowa and our residents’ needs.
  • Non-participants who are not a part of the study and will not be contacted in the future.