Justin Rahman, outreach program manager for Harris County Public Health, speaks with an applicant about Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income pilot at the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center on Thursday, Feb. 01, 2024, in Houston. (Annie Mulligan for Houston Landing) Friday is the final day to apply for Harris County’s guaranteed income program that will give 1,900 families a no-strings-attached monthly stipend of $500.
To date, more than 72,000 people have applied for the 18-month program. According to the most recent available data on Jan. 25, nearly 57,000 of those applications were completed and 60 percent were from eligible, low-income ZIP codes.
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