New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker holds his Elm City Resident Card. Each participant will receive an ID, which can be hard to obtain after leaving prison. Twenty formerly incarcerated individuals from New Haven are participating in a guaranteed income pilot program that aims to cut high reincarceration rates.
They will receive a prepaid visa loaded with $500 a month for the next year. They will also receive a city issued ID card, called an Elm City Resident Card.
The 20 recipients are aged between 25-55 and were released from prison in the last year.The project is sponsored by the city of […]
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