Ithaca’s guaranteed income pilot program will distribute monthly cash to 110 caregivers

Ithaca’s guaranteed income pilot program will distribute monthly cash to 110 caregivers

ITHACA, N.Y.—In collaboration with Mayors for Guaranteed Income, Human Service Coalition of Tompkins County (HSCTC) and others, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced Ithaca Guaranteed Income (IGI), a privately funded research pilot program currently guaranteed to last only one year.

Eligibility for this pilot program includes caregivers “defined broadly to include people who spend significant unpaid time caring for children (including parents) or caring for an aging or disabled adult either in or out of their home,” with income at 80 percent of the area’s median income (AMI) who live within the City of Ithaca . Any individual within a household […]

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