The California Department of Social Services will be awarding more than $25 million in grant funding to seven guaranteed income pilot projects across the state – direct cash assistance monthly payments of $600 to $1,200 will be going to at least 1,975 Californians, including transition age foster youth and pregnant women.
Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) made the following statement regarding this launch of California’s first state-funded guaranteed income program – the “California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program”:
“ I am pleased to see the legislative framework we proposed, modeled after our successes in Santa Clara County, be implemented statewide so that […]
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