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For many New York City residents, the town of Hudson, about 120 miles north along the Hudson River, is an idyllic getaway spot with boutique hotels, art galleries, and access to nature trails.

But the reality for some of the town’s 6,000 residents is quite different. At 23%, Hudson’s poverty rate is twice the national average. Hudson mirrors the plight of many American small towns, where booming manufacturing has given way to service-industry jobs, which come and go according to a shaky economy, especially during the pandemic. So, Hudson seemed like a representative place in which to conduct a guaranteed […]

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, talks with Michael Tubbs, founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, after holding his annual State of the City address from the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles.Gary Coronado Guaranteed income programs provide hundreds or thousands of dollars a month to participants.

The programs became even more popular during the pandemic as it became clear how much direct checks help.

Insider found 33 active, or recently active, guaranteed income programs in the United States. The concept of a " universal basic income " has inspired widespread interest in recent years.More than […]

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JUST because the Child Tax Credit is ending this year doesn’t mean there aren’t ways families can still earn a stimulus payment of some form.

Some states are providing a form of universal basic income (UBI) to families just as others are hoping to give their residents a state-wide stimulus check to help cover costs. There are other opportunities for people to gain financial support Credit: Getty Although these may not apply to everyone, here are five stimulus check programs that can help make ends meet. STATE AND CITY STIMULUS CHECKS

Some states and cities are offering their own version […]

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After months of accepting applications, Tacoma’s universal basic income pilot program has officially kicked off.

Tacoma mayor considers universal basic income to ‘level the playing field’

Starting this week, the program will pay out $500 a month to 110 people every month for a year. Participants were chosen randomly with assistance from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania, based on a handful of qualifying factors revolving largely around those laid out in the “ALICE” acronym: Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed. A special focus was paid to BIPOC residents and single heads of household residents who […]

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Third sector organisations were vital to ‘plug gaps’ during the covid pandemic One in three children in Glasgow are living in poverty with families reliant on charity organisations to keep them fed.

A report by anti-poverty groups has warned that ‘sweeping change’ is needed to help families living in poverty and reliant on food banks – particularly in the wake of the pandemic .

Third sector organisations have seen a ‘steep increase’ in the need for emergency food aid due to the economic impacts of covid with public sector support not being able to meet the needs of people experiencing […]

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After months of accepting applications, Tacoma’s universal basic income pilot program has officially kicked off.

Tacoma mayor considers universal basic income to ‘level the playing field’

Starting this week, the program will pay out $500 a month to 110 people every month for a year. Participants were chosen randomly with assistance from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania, based on a handful of qualifying factors revolving largely around those laid out in the “ALICE” acronym: Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed. A special focus was paid to BIPOC residents and single heads of household residents who […]

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Call for all Glaswegians to receive £213.59 monthly payment to bring families above breadline AN ANTI-POVERTY group has called for all Glaswegians to receive a monthly payment of at least £213.59 in an effort to curb the rising usage of food banks.

A report published today by Glasgow Community Food Network calls for a cash-first approach to be introduced to bring families above the breadline.

The group argues that UK government austerity and welfare reform measures have driven child poverty rates to "steadily" increase across the city. Glasgow Times: The authors say that inadequate support is causing families to struggle to […]

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