Pilot project: Unconditional basic income for ex-prisoners in Florida

Spencer Platt/Getty Images As part of a pilot project for a basic income in Florida, 115 former prisoners receive a monthly grant.

Participants will receive $ 1,000 in January 2022 and then $ 600 every month for one year.

The program aims to help recipients overcome poverty and prevent re-imprisonment.The letters are already in the mail: Hundreds of convicts in Alachua County, Florida will soon be receiving invitations to apply for a pilot project on an unconditional basic income.Run by the local nonprofit Community Spring, the program offers a monthly grant to 115 Alachua County residents who were released on or […]

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