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Joint statement from mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Baltimore Baby Fund campaign

BALTIMORE, MD — Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Baltimore Baby Fund campaign released the following joint statement on August 14, 2026:

“Following a productive meeting, Mayor Scott is announcing his support for the Baltimore Baby Fund ballot initiative, an opportunity to provide innovative, evidence-based support to families of newborns while reducing childhood poverty.

During the meeting, Mayor Scott, National Co-Chair of Mayors for Guaranteed Income, shared that he views the fund as a natural evolution of his Administration’s guaranteed income pilot, which provided cash assistance to young parents. Participants in the pilot missed less work, were less likely to be food insecure, and had less stress. They used the money to continue their educations, pay down debt, save for emergencies, and invest in their children.

Mayor Scott has always been supportive of the policy ideas driving the Baltimore Baby Fund campaign, and, now with the necessary adjustments made in the 2026 version, is eager to move it forward.

The Baltimore Baby Fund campaign committee expressed their support for the Scott Administration to design and implement the fund once passed by the voters, and underscored the value of long-term investment in the economic stability of Baltimore families with newborn children.

Mayor Scott and the Baltimore Baby Fund campaign look forward to working together in the months ahead to earn voters’ support and, if the initiative passes, outline a program that gives Baltimore’s babies and families the strongest possible start.