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Amid Debate about Universal Basic Income, Mayor Bowser Recommits to Strong Families, Strong Futures DC

Amid Debate about Universal Basic Income, Mayor Bowser Recommits to Strong Families, Strong Futures DC

(L-R): Martha’s Table President & CEO Tiffany Williams, Rondenise Peake, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Brynae West, and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Nina Albert. (Courtesy Photo/Executive Office of the Mayor/Khalid Naji-Allah) Two years after graduating from the University of the District of Columbia, Rondenise Peake is still continuing along a path to become a lactation consultant. She said she’s able to do so, in part, thanks to a District-funded program that’s better enabling her to balance motherhood and her professional endeavors.

Since entering Strong Families, Strong Futures DC in 2023, Peake has been receiving a monthly stipend that […]

No-strings-attached cash assistance program in Denver extended

No-strings-attached cash assistance program in Denver extended

Supporters of the Denver Basic Income Project march down Colfax Avenue during a rally for Basic Income National Day of Action, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline) After rounding up enough funding for a six-month extension, staff at the Denver Basic Income Project continue to help participants find stability, including permanent housing and secure jobs.

The organization is providing another round of no-strings-attached cash assistance to people who have experienced homelessness in Denver, distributing funding to more than 600 participants. The extension was possible because of financial support from Denver City Council .

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Bramson: Some basic, universal truths about income

Bramson: Some basic, universal truths about income

Nayeli Grano and Dave Cortese In February, Arizona Republicans supported a measure to ban guaranteed income programs throughout the state. Far from actually considering the terrifying economic currents in the United States that are making impossible for half of all Americans to pay their rent , these legislators thought it best to take a page from the book of a Florida-based lobbying group that still thinks good old-fashioned bootstrapping is the only way for the millions of Americans that just can’t make ends meet.

Let’s see how that logic holds up here in Silicon Valley.

Locally, you need to be making […]

Can $500 a month make a dent in Seattle-area poverty?

Can $500 a month make a dent in Seattle-area poverty?

Riko Niyomwungere is a North Seattle College student who participated in a recent guaranteed basic income pilot. Riko Niyomwungere was working multiple jobs to pay for college when he was selected to receive $500 a month with almost no strings attached.

The cash allowed him to stop working, start paying off credit card debt, and focus on pursuing his computer science degree at North Seattle College.

His grades improved, and so did his outlook on life.Niyomwungere was one of about 100 people selected for a 10-month “Guaranteed Basic Income” pilot in King County that launched in the fall of 2022. The […]

A conservative group is suing to stop a San Francisco basic-income program that gives 55 struggling trans residents $1,200 a month

A conservative group is suing to stop a San Francisco basic-income program that gives 55 struggling trans residents $1,200 a month

A conservative group is suing San Francisco over a guaranteed-basic-income program for trans people.

The GIFT program provides $1,200 monthly payments to 55 trans individuals in the city.

The lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch argues the program is discriminatory. A conservative activist group is suing officials in San Francisco to block a guaranteed-basic-income program that gives no-strings-attached cash to a small group of low-income trans people.San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income for Trans People, or GIFT, program provides 55 people with monthly, no-strings-attached payments of $1,200. The initiative accepts trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and intersex applicants and prioritizes […]

Two New Guaranteed Basic Income Bills Bring Different Strategies to Reducing Young Adult Poverty

Two New Guaranteed Basic Income Bills Bring Different Strategies to Reducing Young Adult Poverty

Two New Guaranteed Basic Income Bills Bring Different Strategies to Reducing Young Adult Poverty By Makayla McDonald and Ashley Burnside

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The COVID-19 pandemic changed the lives of many people across the globe, and its emotional, mental, and financial effects continue to reverberate. The pandemic also demonstrated the power of lawmakers to make a positive impact: Material hardship dropped after the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, due to the federal government investing in Americans through programs like the economic impact payments, the expanded Child Tax Credit, and the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.But […]

Direct payment of stimulus checks in this state. Americans who will receive $500 in their bank accounts

Direct payment of stimulus checks in this state. Americans who will receive $500 in their bank accounts

Stimulus checks Direct payment of stimulus checks in this state. Americans who will receive $500 in their bank accounts If you were born between these days you will receive a new Social Security payment on Wednesday: More than $2,000

New income limit confirmed for Social Security benefits in April

The $500 payment many Walmart shoppers can now receive: you must meet these requirements There is a new round of stimulus checks for Texan households. Eligible American families will receive up to $500 in their bank accounts this month if they meet certain requirements. The Uplift Harris […]

In Georgia, a basic income program’s success with Black women adds to growing national interest

In Georgia, a basic income program’s success with Black women adds to growing national interest

Children draw on top of a cancelled check prop during a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol December 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Participants who received an average of $850 per month used it for paying bills, reducing debt, and improving credit.

By Timothy Pratt, for Capital & Main

In 2022, Shamarra Woods, now 31, was about to leave Atlanta, frustrated by her high rent and low pay as a logistics team trainee at a cardboard box company, a job it had taken her a year to find. A single mother (her daughter Memri was born in March […]

These are all the states that will send stimulus checks in April: Payment dates

These are all the states that will send stimulus checks in April: Payment dates

Stimulus checks These are all the states that will send stimulus checks in April: Payment dates The new IRS credit for millions of Americans: Payment of almost $10,000

Stimulus check payments update in April: Full payment schedule by state

New economic stimulus check in this state: $500 payment in April There is some good news for many states in the United States that will receive new stimulus checks in April. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-term impact on the economics of many Americans. Even though it has been nearly two years since the pandemic alert, […]

A conservative group is suing to stop a San Francisco basic income program that gives 55 struggling trans residents $1,200 a month

A conservative group is suing to stop a San Francisco basic income program that gives 55 struggling trans residents $1,200 a month

Paradegoers at the 43rd annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Pride Celebration & Parade. A conservative group is suing San Francisco over a guaranteed basic income program for trans people.

The GIFT program provides $1,200 monthly payments to 55 trans individuals in the city.

The lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch argues the program is discriminatory. A conservative activist group is suing officials in San Francisco to block a guaranteed basic income program that gives no-strings-attached cash to a small group of low-income trans people.San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) program provides 55 people with monthly, […]