The “New Leaf Project” is a pioneering initiative jointly run by the Vancouver-based charity Foundations for Social Change and the University of British Columbia. In this study, 115 homeless individuals aged 19 to 64—who had been homeless for an average of six months at the start—were invited to participate. Out of this total group, 50 people were randomly selected to receive 7,500 Canadian dollars each (roughly 20,000 PLN), with no restrictions on how the money could be spent. The goal was to examine whether direct financial assistance would help recipients improve their living situations.
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