Loudoun County Board approves ‘steroid shot’ direct cash assistance program

Loudoun County Board approves 'steroid shot' direct cash assistance program

TCS – Cash in hand (The Center Square) — After several other Virginia localities have started similar programs, a pilot guaranteed income program will be introduced in Loudoun County.

The county’s Board of Supervisors apportioned $2 million from the county’s anticipated fiscal year 2024 fund balance and voted to adopt a program in a 6-2-1 vote Thursday evening, with Chair Phyllis Randall, D-At-Large, and Supervisor Matt LeTourneau, R-Dulles, voting against it. Caleb Kershner, R-Catoctin, was absent.

The initial proposal was to use about $1.7 million from the county’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act COVID relief funds to support the program, but […]

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