Seminar Series | The Guaranteed Resources Optimize Wellbeing Study (GROW)​: Preliminary Findings from a Guaranteed Income Study

David J. Pate, Jr. holds the Deans’ Fathers and Fathering Faculty Fellow Endowed Chair and is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Ecology, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Consumer Science, as well as holds an affiliated professor status in the Department of Social Work, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, Institute for Research on Poverty, and Center for Law, Society & Justice at UW Madison. In addition, he holds an Affiliated Associate Professor and Chair Emeritus position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Department of Social Work.  

Professor Pate’s research projects have involved examining the effects of social welfare policy on Black adult males’ life course events through qualitative research methods. His research examines the social and economic determinants of poverty for Black males, as well as variables such as involvement with the child support services program, legal barriers, and previous traumatic experiences that may affect their adult well-being.

Professor Pate received a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Detroit, a Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, and earned a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work.

The GROW study provided randomly selected Extended TANF (E-TANF) beneficiaries with a year of $500 monthly payments. The primary goals for the study were to understand how these additional resources influenced E-TANF recipient’s social, emotional, and financial well-being over the year. This talk will share preliminary findings from the study.