Pilot project would provide universal basic income
Families with young children currently living in deep poverty in Yolo County would receive monthly cash assistance under a universal basic income pilot project that county supervisors will consider on Tuesday.
A total of 31 families in the CalWORKS Housing Support Program with children under the age of two would receive monthly payments for a year, up to a maximum of $12,155 annually per family.
That cash assistance, combined with the CalWORKS grant they already receive to help with housing costs, would bring these families’ incomes up to a minimum poverty threshold ($25,658 for a family of four).
Durham may give formerly incarcerated residents $500 per month in guaranteed income Charlie Innis, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 4 DURHAM At least 55 formerly incarcerated Durham residents could get $500 a month for a year as part of a guaranteed income pilot program, City Council member Mark-Anthony Middleton said Thursday.
Last month Mayor Steve Schewel announced that Durham will likely get a share of a $15 million grant that Twitter s chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey, had contributed to Mayors for Guaranteed Income, a group advocating for such programs across the country.
The city passed a resolution Thursday to pledge its support for a program at the local and national levels.
This is Our New Deal Moment | Opinion Michael Tubbs, Libby Schaaf and Victoria Woodards On 2/2/21 at 6:00 AM EST
As we move further into 2021 and leave behind one of the most challenging years of American history, it s imperative we set a course to vastly improve our safety net to match the magnitude of 2020 s economic devastation.
Our social contract is long overdue for a revision the last time we reacted to economic devastation this deep with policies that met the moment was nearly a century ago. In the wake of the massive job loss and financial chaos caused by the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ushered in the New Deal back in 1933. This era brought us the programs that are still the backbone of our social safety net: Social Security and unemployment insurance.
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For five years, Georgia Horton had worked to rebuild her life, no easy task for a Black woman who spent years in prison.
She found an apartment in Compton. She started working as a motivational speaker and evangelist. She wrote a book. She found her home church. But, in just one day, it almost all fell apart again.
In December, Horton found herself on the verge of eviction. She was hopelessly behind on her rent, her income gutted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The odd jobs she was doing to make up for lost speaking gigs, particularly at shuttered prisons, detention facilities and community centers, were no longer cutting it.
Engaging Minds showcases Penn’s very best bringing theory to practice Alumni tuned in from across the world to hear Daniel Gillion discuss the power of protests, Amy Castro Baker give a crash course on the impact of guaranteed income, and Ezekiel Emanuel detail the intricacies of distributing a COVID-19 vaccine. Calling it a “master class” for Penn’s broad alumni base, President Amy Gutmann noted the silver lining in moving the always-inspiring event, typically held in New York City, to a virtual format this year: “Our Engaging Minds program is yours to enjoy, no flights required. From anywhere, from everywhere.”