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Although Iowa has a new law preventing local governments from funding guaranteed income programs, the UpLift program in Iowa plans to continue through outside support. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 2319 into law Wednesday. The measure prevents cities and counties from implementing programs that support supplemental incomes to residents with no work requirements or […] The post UpLift to continue despite new law banning local government funding appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch...

Project NOW held its 2nd-annual Rooting Out Poverty Conference Thursday at Rhythm City Event Center, Davenport. Among the six-hour event, that attracted over 300 people, Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati discussed the new Level Up and Thurgood Brooks talked up West End Revitalization, two major efforts to help lift local residents out of poverty. Level Up […]

"What if I told you that poverty is unacceptable?," said Dwight Ford, executive director of Project NOW.

Project NOW held its 2nd-annual Rooting Out Poverty Conference Thursday at Rhythm City Event Center, Davenport. Among the six-hour event, that attracted over 300 people, Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati discussed the new Level Up and Thurgood Brooks talked up West End Revitalization, two major efforts to help lift local residents out of poverty. Level Up […]

Daily Nonpareil. January 20, 2024.

Iowas first basic income program is now underway, with more than 100 residents now receiving the first of many payments. Heres a breakdown of who they are:

A pilot program that will study the effect of basic income on reducing poverty will make its first payments next month to a group of central Iowa residents.

Monday is the last day for Iowa families in certain counties to apply for a guaranteed income program that would provide them with a monthly payment of $500.

Iowa families have until the end of tomorrow to apply for a guaranteed income program that would provide them with a monthly payment of $500.

There are three days left for Iowa families to apply for a guaranteed income program that would provide them with a monthly payment of $500.