33 Denver to provide to provide 140 homeless people with $12,000 in no-strings-attached cash - participants will be chosen at random but will largely derive from women, transgender, and non-binary individuals (www.dailymail.co.uk) posted 2 years ago by xleb2 2 years ago by xleb2 +33 / -0 Denver is set to provide 140 homeless people with $12,000 cash The total program, which will cost around $9million, is seeking to help around 820 people, but the $2million provided by the city will fund around 140 people. 16 comments share 16 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The article is scant on details, but I can think of a few possibilities:
Only those who live in shelters will be allowed to participate, which will vastly disfavor men since they don’t have that level of support.
It’s “random” only in the sense that it’s random within those subgroups.
It’s “random” only in the sense that it’s random within a selection of people they approve.