Denver is set to provide 140 homeless people with $12,000 cash – no strings attached – to see if it lifts them out of destitution, despite soaring crime in Mile-High City

Denver is set to provide 140 homeless people with $12,000 in cash with no strings attached to help get them out of destitution, despite soaring crime rates in the Mile-High City.

The city has allocated $2million from the American Rescue Plan Act to fund the program, which will be run by the Denver Basic Income Project.

The total program, which will cost around $9million, is seeking to help around 820 people, but the $2million provided by the city will fund around 140 people.The rest of the money will be raised through charitable foundations, including the Colorado Health Foundation and the Denver […]

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