News with the tag "Guaranteed basic income"

A new guaranteed income program is preparing to hand millions of dollars to a select group of families in Colorado. Boulder County says it’s launching a direct cash assistance program known as Nurturing Futures to help families with young children. The guaranteed income program, which will be manage...

A program giving direct, no strings attached payments to families that are struggling to make ends meet is about to spread in the state of Michigan. Originally launched in Flint, the Rx Kids program is now expected to expand to five counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula after the approval of $20 m...

A nonprofit is preparing to hand out millions of dollars over the next two years in a new guaranteed basic income program. New York City-based homeless shelter operator Win has launched a program that aims to assist homeless families with young children, handing out monthly cash payments for two yea...

Tech giant Google is backing a new multi-million dollar guaranteed income project. The pilot program, dubbed “It All Adds Up,” is preparing to give a total of $2.7 million to 225 families that are struggling with homelessness in San Francisco. The five-year program will begin by giving $1,000 per mo...

A US city is preparing to give away $1.05 million to residents in a new guaranteed income project. People who are facing financial hardships can soon apply for the new program called GRIT 2.0 in Tacoma, Washington. The project will give 175 families $500 a month for 12 consecutive months, and the wa...

A US city is preparing to give away $1.05 million to residents in a new guaranteed income project. People who are facing financial hardships can soon apply for the new program called GRIT 2.0 in Tacoma, Washington. The project will give 175 families $500 a month for 12 consecutive months, and the wa...

Signups for a new guaranteed income pilot program are now open. Applicants in Harris County, Texas can now sign up for the program, which will give away just over $17 million to 1,928 households that are struggling to pay their bills. The households must be living below 200% of the federal poverty l...

New guaranteed income programs are launching in four states across the US. A total of $18.745 million will be handed out to people and families with no strings attached in Georgia, Florida, Maryland and California. The city of San Jose, California is rolling out a guaranteed income program geared to...

Millions of dollars will soon be given away with no strings attached as new guaranteed income programs launch on the west coast. Two state-funded programs in California will give a total of $5.94 million to 300 people over the course of 18 months. In San Francisco, 150 participants will receive $1,2...