Denver program scores $5 million, including taxpayer help, to extend no-strings cash payments to homeless people

Denver program scores $5 million, including taxpayer help, to extend no-strings cash payments to homeless people

Mark Donovan, left, executive director of Denver Basic Income Project leads supporters in a march outside the state capitol calling for an increase of funding to expand cash assistance allotments to individuals in need, in Denver, CO, September 22, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post) The Denver Basic Income Project will extend the no-strings-attached payments it provides to roughly 840 people for six months after funders — including the city — committed another $5 million to the initiative.

That money will go to people who are currently or formerly homeless, with payments resuming next month after a […]

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