The Mayors for a Guaranteed Income coalition decried the dismantling of federal aid programs in a news release published on Tuesday. "At a time when key federal aid programs are being dismantled, ...
While guaranteed income advocates push to extend pilot programs to permanent government-sponsored cash assistance, one recipient spoke with Fox News Digital about the benefits of the policy. Austin, ...
There have been more than 150 guaranteed income pilot programs implemented across the country, but only one has made its program permanent - Cook County, Illinois. The county, which includes Chicago, ...
In December, Ann Arbor’s Guaranteed Income to Grow program sent its last payment to the 100 participants in the city’s two-year pilot program. Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, which ...
STOCKTON, Calif. — It started with a letter in the mail, met with curiosity and skepticism by residents in Stockton, California. “I filled it out, turned it in, still kind of thinking it was a joke ...
LONG BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- Long Beach officials on Wednesday announced plans for a pilot "guaranteed income" program, which will pay $500 a month to 500 households in one of the city's lowest-income ...
Cook County in Illinois has unanimously approved plans to give thousands of residents $500 a month in free cash. America's second largest county is committing $7.5 million to fully fund a permanent ...
Salem State will host a panel discussion on the program and its impact on those who received the funds.
In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit. For many ...
Jennifer C. Greenfield was hired by Thinking Forward, LLC and the Denver Basic Income Project as a consultant to provide cost estimates and analysis of a potential cash dividend program in Colorado, ...