The new Uplift Harris $20.5 million program will focus on the 10 highest-poverty ZIP codes in Harris County as well as other vulnerable populations. (Courtesy Engin Akyurt/Unsplash) Selected low-income families in Harris County’s most poverty-stricken ZIP codes could be on the receiving end for financial relief by the fall after Harris County commissioners approved by a 4-1 vote of a pilot program entitled Uplift Harris.
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Qualified families under the guaranteed income program will be given $500 per month for 18 consecutive months, and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said there would be “no strings attached” or […]
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