Courtesy of Wikipedia The results of St. Paul’s pilot program, using public dollars to provide families with a guaranteed monthly income, indicate positive trends in employment, physical and mental health, and other indicators of well-being and quality of life.
In 2020, Mayor Melvin Carter and the City of Saint Paul launched the People’s Prosperity Pilot during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, using funds from the CARES Act, along with state and private funding. The pilot program provided 150 St. Paul families $500 a month for 18 months.
The pilot was operated between October 2020 and April 2022. During that time, […]
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