To compensate them, the Homecoming Project provides a stipend of $8,600 for the six months.

Her monthly $500 stipend helped stabilize her yarn store and improve her housing situation with her daughter.

Jarmond also receives a yearly $5,400 vehicle stipend and an annual allotment of Nike athletic apparel.

"I benefit from stipends from the state at my age already," he adds.

Jindal Global University, adding that the money would be better spent on research stipends and laboratories.