Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins’s plan for a pilot Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) program is finally seeing some movement.
Not much had been said about the program since Perkins’s announcement last year that he was joining other mayors across the country (Mayor’s for Guaranteed Income) who plan to institute GBI pilots in their regions.
A recent $432,000 appropriation from the Caddo Parish Commission at Caddo Parish Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts’ recommendation, sparked new conversation and additional financial support for the mayor’s program.“This is something that’s being provided to low-income families with school-age children and will be done over a 12-month course,” Gage-Watts told […]
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