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Informed by birth equity and social determinants of health perspectives, ABP targets upstream structural factors to improve racial disparities in maternal and infant health.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n The research team included community researchers, community members with lived experience as Black or Pacific Islander pregnant, and parenting people in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team conducted needs assessment interviews and facilitated focus groups with participants using human-centered design methods. Needs assessment participants later served as co-designers of the ABP program and research, sharing their experiences with financial hardships and government benefits programs and providing recommendations on key program elements, including fund disbursement, eligibility, and amount.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Housing affordability and the high cost of living in San Francisco emerged as significant sources of stress in pregnancy. Participants reported prohibitively low income eligibility thresholds and burdensome enrollment processes as challenges or barriers to existing social services. These insights guided the design of prototypes of ABP\u2019s program components, which were used in a design sprint to determine the final components. Based on this design process, the ABP program offered US $1000\/month for 12 months to pregnant Black and Pacific Islander people, selected through a lottery called an abundance drawing.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The formative design process maximized community input and shared decision-making to co-design a guaranteed income program for Black and Pacific Islander women and people. 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