<\/p>\n
New guaranteed income programs are launching in four states across the US.<\/p>\n
A total of\u00a0$18.745 million will be handed out to people and families with no strings attached in Georgia, Florida, Maryland and California.<\/p>\n
The city of San Jose, California is rolling out a guaranteed income program geared toward addressing youth homelessness.<\/p>\n
Organized by the Bill Wilson Center, a homeless and runaway children-focused non-profit, the program serves students of San Jos\u00e9 City College (SJCC).<\/p>\n
In a new press release<\/a>, the SJCC references a recent survey<\/a> suggesting that a majority of California community college students have\u00a0experienced housing, food, or transportation insecurity in the past year.<\/p>\n In Georgia, an expanding guaranteed income project will provide eligible women with $20,000 in free money for two years.<\/p>\n The In Her Hands program<\/a>, launched by the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund (GRO), gives out monthly checks for $700 to women in need to \u201cnarrow the racial wealth gap.\u201d<\/p>\n In Her Hands has been in operation since 2022 in other locales, and is now expanding to the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n In Florida, a non-profit organization established to develop a guaranteed income program is giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of the most populous counties in the US.<\/p>\n Miami-based GI 305 is planning to give away<\/a> $650 per month with no strings attached to 75 residents or workers living in six Miami-Dade neighborhoods including Allapattah, Liberty City, Little Haiti, Little Havana, Overtown and Wynwood, according to the project\u2019s website.<\/p>\n And in Maryland, a total of $4 million will be given to eligible participants in Prince George\u2019s County.<\/p>\n The no-strings-attached basic income pilot program was approved<\/a> by the county\u2019s council in April of this year as a measure to \u201chelp fight poverty and increase equity\u201d in Prince George\u2019s County.<\/p>\n Under the measure, 50 residents ages 18-24 and 125 residents ages 60 and above will receive a monthly stipend of $800 over a two-year period. According to Council Member Krystal Oriadha, the program will help ease the struggles of low-income families living in Prince George\u2019s County.<\/p>\n Don’t Miss a Beat \u2013 Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em>
\n
\nCheck Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em>
\n
\nFollow us on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em>
\n
\nSurf The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em>
\n<\/p>\n