Equity and Transformation team members with Chicago Future Fund participants, who will each receive $500 monthly in a guaranteed basic income program. | Pascal Sabino/Block Club Chicago A guaranteed basic income pilot program is giving $500 a month to a cohort of West Siders who share one thing in common: They all were incarcerated.
The program, called the Chicago Future Fund, is one of the first to study how a guaranteed basic income can benefit returning citizens. Thirty formerly incarcerated people will participate in the program over 18 months. The program is looking to see if recidivism can be reduced […]
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