St. Louis could use pandemic aid to launch a guaranteed basic income pilot program

St. Louis could use pandemic aid to launch a guaranteed basic income pilot program

A plan before the Board of Aldermen could use $5 million from American Rescue Act Plan funds to distribute $500 a month in cash payments to parents living in poverty.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri – More than 400 parents living in poverty could soon see direct cash payments from the city of St. Louis for at least a year and a half under a new proposal being discussed in the Board of Aldermen.

The program is designed to last 18 months. If successful, Mayor Tishaura Jones has suggested it could become a broader part of the city’s official anti-poverty policy.Jones has enlisted […]

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