More than 200,000 people put their names in for Cook County’s guaranteed income pilot program.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle didn’t sound surprised by that figure, telling reporters Thursday that more than one-third of the county was eligible for the program “and lots are in need in this difficult moment.”
Applications were accepted through Friday, with 206,000 people submitting them by Thursday, a county official said. Among those eligible, the county will choose 3,250 recipients by lottery who will be notified in mid-November, with the first payments going out by the end of January.The program is limited to those 18 […]
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