Direct Giving Lab (DGL) provides unrestricted cash transfers to low-income working households that are looking for a path out of poverty. With a direct cash transfer, DGL aims to alleviate poverty by bridging the minimum wage-living wage gap (the household income necessary to meet basic needs: rent, food, utilities, childcare, health care, transportation, and income taxes). DGL’s families are selected using the free and reduced meal program at Highland Park High School.