Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Thursday that she would join 10 other mayors from across the nation to explore providing guaranteed incomes to disadvantaged residents.
The mayor’s office issued a press release with few details about how such a program would work in Atlanta, and provided a link to a website called Mayors For Guaranteed Income , which listed Stockton, Calif. and Jackson, Miss. as having pilot programs.
“A guaranteed income is a monthly cash payment given directly to individuals, empowering recipients to address their most urgent needs and providing a cushion for unpredictable expenses, external shocks, and volatility,” a […]
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