Launched in March 2022.

Durham's Guaranteed Income Pilot, the Excel Pilot Program, was a program in which 109 formerly incarcerated individuals received a monthly, unconditional cash transfer of $600 for one year. CGIR worked in partnership with the City of Durham and StepUp Durham to conduct a Randomized Control Trial. The Excel program evaluated the effects of guaranteed income on recidivism and re-incarceration, employment, economic security, and income volatility, as well as physical functioning, mental health, stress, coping, parenting, housing, and interactions with other institutional systems.