Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn’t affect our editors’ opinions or evaluations. Can guaranteed monthly payments be enough to lift people out of poverty? The state of California thinks so.
A new guaranteed income program in Los Angeles County, the state’s largest county, will provide monthly checks of more than $1,000 to young adults. The three-year pilot program will include some of the county’s most financially vulnerable individuals, 31% of whom are homeless according to county data.
Guaranteed and universal basic income programs have gained traction in […]
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