income stipend amendment
Statement of Alderwoman Chantia Lewis
budget amendment I sponsored that would create a pilot program to provide $500 monthly basicincome stipends to families in Milwaukee.The amendment – requesting the Department of Administration to create a new SEED pilot programspecial fund of $100,000 – would be offset by foregoing computer replacement in the PoliceDepartment (for a total of $100,000). The intent of my amendment is to create a universal basicincome program based on the Stockton, California model.I am proposing this amendment to create a critical pilot program to reinvest in our people. Startingsmall with 50 families over the course […]
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