Pittsburgh City Council took an initial step toward approving a guaranteed income pilot program Wednesday morning. The program would give 200 households $500 a month over the next two years. It would pay special attention to households headed by Black women.
Council also gave preliminary approval to grant at least three days of paid leave to employees of city government for bereavement due to pregnancy loss.
The guaranteed income program would take $2.5 million from the American Rescue Plan, a federal coronavirus relief fund, and hand it over to a nonprofit agency, which will distribute the money to qualifying homes. The […]
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