City authorities in New Orleans, Louisiana, want to spend more than $1 million to fund a guaranteed basic income program that would benefit up to 800 public high school students for three years.
The sum, which comes from federal funds provided through the American Rescue Plan Act, will be an expansion of the guaranteed income pilot program launched by Mayor LaToya Cantrell in April 2022. The program was on the agenda of the July 18 Budget-Audit-Board of Review Committee meeting.
Guaranteed income, very much like the universal basic income, provides cash payments to individuals or households on a regular basis with […]
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