Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Harris County Public Health Executive Director Barbie Robinson attended a news conference on June 5, 2023 to announce the county could launch a guaranteed income pilot program. Harris County’s guaranteed basic income program received more than 82,000 applications from residents before the online portal closed earlier this month .
Around 1,900 households will be randomly selected from the applicant pool to participate in the Uplift Harris program , which will provide $500 monthly payments to low-income households for 18 months.
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