The Compton Pledge is the largest city-based guaranteed income program in the United States. jjwithers/Getty Images Christine, a woman from Compton, California, gets $1,800 every three months through a basic income program.
The guaranteed income program is the largest one in the country, and helps 800 low-income families like Christine’s.
She told Insider it helped her get a car, a job, rebuild her credit, move into a new neighborhood, and get her kids into childcare. Christine and her daughter both got COVID in January. It was bad timing.The 45-year-old native of Compton, California, told Insider that her five-year-old had […]
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