Drawing any conclusions only 1 year into a 12 year experiment seems too much, too soon. It also doesn't seem like it is enough money to really do the experiment if the $22/month could only pay for one child's pre-school.

The one hopeful thing I read was that it seemed to reduce alcohol usage. This matches with most evidence of alcohol usage increasing during a recession, etc. When things are hopeless, people cope how they can.

This does help reinforce the concept that most people need a hand up, not a hand out. We get so little benefit from too many of our social programs today. We need to fix things to allow people to help themselves and grow to become self sufficient.