Tara

When Tara first started receiving the $1,000 per month, she is working a series of dead-end jobs. When she breaks her foot she finds herself out of work for a year. During the time, she decides to apply to an intense career development program. The program was 40 hours a week and included coursework and an internship. Tara is able to use the money she saved with the unconditional cash, as well as the consistent $1,000 payments, to pay her rent for the year while she pursues this career development opportunity. 

Tara does her internship at the headquarters of a Fortune 500 company. While there, she works hard to become involved and make a name for herself in the company and got a glowing recommendation from the supervisor at the training program. Tara was hired at the company and currently enjoys her work very much. Tara is now salaried, has benefits, and feels in a much better place financially. 

She says she was able to get away from dead-end jobs. "It's been a roller coaster, but right now I am on one of the highs — things are going great!”