Maggie Shun – GiveDirectly https://www.givedirectly.org Send money directly to people in need. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:54:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.givedirectly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-GiveDirectly-Square-Logo-Green-Black-32x32.png Maggie Shun – GiveDirectly https://www.givedirectly.org 32 32 Why we sent the largest-ever cash payment to homeless Americans https://www.givedirectly.org/chicago-homelessness/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:19:39 +0000 https://www.givedirectly.org/?p=16651 In 2024, the U.S. saw the highest number of people unhoused — 770,000 on a given night — despite $10B+ in federal spending on homelessness. There is growing evidence that a large lump sum of cash can help homeless families become stably housed, which is why GiveDirectly launched a program in Chicago doing just that. Our Stability for Investment Housing program is co-led by the…

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