Yolo County Basic Income Program helping bring families over the poverty line

Yolo County Basic Income Program helping bring families over the poverty line

Over 70 families in Yolo County are now no longer living in poverty, living a dollar above the poverty line thanks to the Yolo County Basic Income Program.

Based on a recent survey of data from the Public Policy Institute of California, Yolo County ranked as having the highest adjusted poverty rate in California out of all 58 counties. The study, which used data from 2017 to 2019, found that the county has 20.9% of residents living in poverty, according to Nolan Sullivan, director of the Health and Human Services Agency.

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