Folks living in poor or working class neighborhoods in Long Beach have five more days to apply for Los Angeles County’s guaranteed income program, which will provide 1,000 randomly selected residents with $1,000 a month for three years—no strings attached.
The goal of the county’s Breathe guaranteed income program is not only to provide families with financial “breathing room,” but also to lead families from poverty to economic stability, said Ely Fournier, director of economic vitality at the Wilmington nonprofit Strength Based Community Change. The county is working with SBCC and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research […]
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