Guaranteed income program backed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey begins in Tacoma; families get $500/month

Guaranteed income program backed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey begins in Tacoma; families get $500/month

City of Tacoma’s Thea Foss Waterway. (Photo from City of Tacoma via Instagram) The 110 Tacoma, Wash., families chosen to participate in a guaranteed income program received their first $500 check this month, according to MyNorthwest .

The program launched by the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income is backed by $18 million in donations from Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter. The effort is being done in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research , which is studying the impacts of providing regular income to families. Numerous income pilot projects are underway around the […]

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