New Program Gives Low-Income Arlington Residents $500 a Month

New Program Gives Low-Income Arlington Residents $500 a Month

Hundred dollar bills / money (Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash) (Updated at 11:35 a.m.) Dozens of Arlington residents are now receiving a supplemental income through a new pilot program.

The nonprofit Arlington Community Foundation , which oversees the outreach, will unconditionally give $500 a month to 200 low-income households for two years. Fifty have been enrolled so far, chosen at random from current Arlington County housing grant recipients.

“This new initiative equips families with funds that can be used for whatever is needed most in real time — paying off debt, pursuing education or employment goals, college savings for kids, […]

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