A group of struggling families in Wausau could get $500 per month with no strings attached under a program designed to study the effects of providing a guaranteed income.
If the city accepts a $100,000 grant to fund the project, Wausau could be the first city in Wisconsin to launch a guaranteed income program. The city would have to determine eligibility requirements, said Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg, but it’s likely the grant would fund payments for a year to about 12 families living at or near the poverty line .
The point of a guaranteed income program is to give money […]
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