ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Following an 18-month stretch in which the City of St. Paul offered a monthly payment of $500 in pre-paid debit cards to 150 of its residents, a study is offering a glimpse of the guaranteed income program’s effectiveness.
During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and the St. Paul City Council launched the People’s Prosperity Guaranteed Income Pilot (PPP), which was the first-ever Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI) pilot program. It’s also the first time a major city has proposed using public funding for a guaranteed income […]
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