To be eligible, applicants must have a household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. Applications have opened for a $42 million guaranteed-income pilot in Cook County, Illinois.
3,250 households will be given $500 per month for two years with no strings attached.
County officials say it’s the biggest publicly-funded guaranteed income pilot. Applications have opened for a $42 million guaranteed income pilot in Illinois, where 3,250 households will be given $500 per month for two years.The project will provide the "no-strings-attached" payments to residents of Cook County, the US’ second-biggest county by population. The county, […]
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