The full lede is even better. There’s a clarity here that’s lacking in a lot of NYT coverage. Straight to the point in describing how not-normal this is, and how it’s the kind of stunt pulled by terrorists, not liberal governments.
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![The impact of the fund's financial relief for the 2016 wildfire victims was studied by University of Tennessee College of Social Work professor Stacia West, who examined the impact of cash transfers on poverty alleviation.[213] West surveyed 100 recipients of the emergency relief funds in April 2017 on topics including housing, financial impact, physical and emotional health and sources of support, with a follow-up survey conducted in December 2017. West found that the "My People Fund", in tandem with traditional disaster response, gave families the ability to make decisions that were most beneficial to them and concluded that unconditional cash support may be more beneficial for disaster relief than conditional financial support.[214] The report cited the impact of the monthly financial disbursements from the "My People Fund" on residents' emergency savings: "Following the monthly disbursements of unconditional cash assistance, participants were able to return to baseline financial stability reported prior to the wildfire and improve their ability to set aside savings for hypothetical future emergencies."[215]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ehp64kg2i53dep4od2z5ey22/bafkreic3dumm6nmgeiwxfomhfp564uyqzype4xohzlhgo4virli7jqa5im)
