17 states and DC have active guaranteed basic income programs that give residents cash, no-strings-attached
New York City is one of many areas across the country offering guaranteed basic income to low-income residents.joSon/Getty ImagesGuaranteed basic income programs can help low-income participants afford necessities like rent.Over 100 US cities and counties have tried GBI, offering cash for housing and groceries. Despite legislative opposition, basic income programs remain active across the country.Ingrid Sullivan, 48, used her cash from the San Antonio guaranteed basic income program to rent a home where her grandchildren can play in the yard. And Atlanta resident Shamarra Woods, 31, used her basic income to pay bills and afford day care for her toddler.For 46-year-old Jennette Fisher, $500 a month allowed her to sign an apartment lease in a quiet Chicago suburb with her daughter."It took such a weight off," Fisher previously told Business Insider. "If I wouldn't have had that money, I don't know what would have happened."Guaranteed basic income has become an increasingly popular poverty-solution strategy in US cities. Over 100 municipalities have tried the GBI model since 2019, offering low-income participants between $100 and $2,000 a month, no strings attached, for a set time period.What makes basic income different from traditional social services is the element of choice. Participants told BI they spent the money where they needed it most: on housing, groceries, transportation, and debt repayment.Typically, participants fall below the federal poverty line. However, some programs have also focused on specific populations such as new and expecting mothers, households with children, or people experiencing homelessness.Basic income pilots have been completed in cities and counties in Alabama, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Oklahoma, and more.GBI continues to face legislative opposition from Republican lawmakers who have called the programs "socialist" and say they discourage low-income people from entering the workforce.For example, Iowa passed a ban on GBI in April, and the Arizona House of Representatives voted to ban basic income in February. On April 23, the Texas Supreme Court placed a temporary block on a Houston-area program that the attorney general called "unconstitutional."Despite these political challenges, basic-income programs continue to be active across the country. Here's a breakdown of states, listed in alphabetical order, where cash payments are offered to low-income residents.CaliforniaLos Angeles.LPETTET/GettyLocation: Los AngelesProgram name: BreatheDuration: June 2022 - August 2025Income amount: $1,000 every month for three yearsNumber of participants: 1,000 low-income householdsLocation: Long BeachProgram name: Long Beach PledgeDuration: spring 2024 - spring 2025Income amount: $500 a month for 12 monthsNumber of participants: 200 low-income households with childrenLocation: Mountain ViewProgram name: Elevate MVDuration: December 2022 - December 2024Income amount: $500 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 166 low-income parentsLocation: Sonoma CountyProgram name: Pathway to Income EquityDuration: January 2023 - January 2025Income amount: $500 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 305 low-income familiesLocation: Pomona Program name: Pomona Household Universal Grants Pilot Duration: Summer 2024 - Spring 2026Income amount: $500 a month for 18 monthsNumber of participants: 250 low-income families with children under 4 years oldLocation: Humboldt CountyProgram name: Humboldt Income ProgramDuration: On a rolling basis, beginning December 2023Income amount: $920 a month for 18 monthsNumber of participants: 150 low-income pregnant peoplePrevious basic income pilots have been run in Stockton, San Francisco, Marin County, Sacramento, Compton, Oakland, Santa Clara, San Diego, and more. In 2021, the state pledged $35 million for more GBI pilots over five years, and a bill being heard in the California Senate could provide GBI starting in August 2025 for students experiencing homelessness.ColoradoDenver.milehightraveler / Getty ImagesLocation: DenverProgram name: The Denver Basic Income ProjectDuration: November 2022 - summer 2024Income amount: Participants were divided into three groups: One receives $1,000 a month for a year; another receives $6,500 up front and then $500 a month from there; and another gets $50 a month.Number of participants: 800 unhoused individualsLocation: BoulderProgram name: Elevate BoulderDuration: January 2024 - January 2026Income amount: $500 a month for two yearsNumber of participants: 200 low-income householdsGeorgiaAtlanta.Sean Pavone / Getty ImagesLocation: Atlanta, southwest Georgia, and the City of College ParkProgram name: In Her HandsDuration: First pilot was 2022 - 2024, second pilot began spring 2024 Income amount: Average payments of $850 a month over 24 months for the first roundNumber of participants: 650 low-income Black womenIllinoisChicago.Allan Baxter / Getty ImagesLocation: Cook CountyProgram name: The Cook County PromiseDuration: December 2022 - December 2024Income amount: $500 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 3,250 low- to moderate-income familiesLocation: EvanstonProgram name: Guaranteed Income ProgramDuration: First round ran December 2022 - December 2023, second round begins summer 2024 Income amount: $500 a month for one yearNumber of participants: 150 low-income familiesChicago previously ran the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, providing basic income for 5,000 residents, and has set aside $32 million to relaunch the program.IowaDes Moines, Iowaf11photo / Getty ImagesLocation: Polk, Dallas, and Warren countiesProgram name: UpLift – The Central Iowa Basic Income PilotDuration: May 2023 - spring 2026Income amount: $500 a monthNumber of participants: 110 low-income householdsMassachusetts Somerville, Massachusetts.DenisTangneyJr / Getty ImagesLocation: SomervilleProgram name: The Somerville Guaranteed Basic Income ProgramDuration: July 2024 - July 2025Income amount: $750 a month for 12 monthsNumber of participants: 200 low-income familiesBasic income programs were previously run in Boston, Chelsea, and Cambridge.MarylandBaltimore.David Shvartsman / Getty ImagesLocation: BaltimoreProgram name: The Baltimore Young Families Success FundDuration: August 2022 - July 2024Income amount: $1,000 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 200 young parentsMichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan.pawel.gaul / Getty ImagesLocation: Ann ArborProgram name: Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann ArborDuration: January 2024 - December 2025Income amount: $528 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 100 low-income entrepreneursLocation: FlintProgram name: Rx KidsDuration: January 2024 - spring 2025Income amount: $1,500 lump sum, then $500 monthly payments during the first year of a baby's lifeNumber of participants: 1,200 new and expectant mothersMississippiJackson, MississippiSeanPavonePhoto / Getty ImagesLocation: JacksonProgram name: Magnolia Mother's TrustDuration: 12 months per pilot Income amount: $1,000 a monthNumber of participants: Over 400 low-income Black mothers since fall 2018MinnesotaMinneapolis.Education Images / Getty ImagesLocation: MinneapolisProgram name: Minneapolis Guaranteed Basic Income PilotDuration: June 2022 – June 2024Income amount: $500 a month for two yearsNumber of participants: 200 low-income householdsA program in St. Paul began in 2020 and provided basic income to families for 18 months.MissouriSt. Louis.Art Wager / Getty ImagesLocation: St. LouisProgram name: STL Guaranteed Basic Income PilotDuration: Fall 2023 - spring 2025Income amount: $500 a month for 18 monthsNumber of participants: 540 low-income families with childrenNew MexicoSanta Fe.Sean Pavone / Getty ImagesLocation: Santa FeProgram name: The City of Santa Fe Learn, Earn, Achieve ProgramDuration: Initially ran October 2021 - September 2022, extended through the 2023-2024 academic year.Income amount: $400 a month for 12 monthsNumber of participants: 98 young, low-income parents enrolled in a certificate or degree program at the Santa Fe Community CollegeNew Mexico previously gave 330 mixed-status immigrant families across the state $500 a month. And, in February, a new state-funded pilot cash program for people enrolled in workforce training programs passed in the New Mexico House.New YorkNew York.Alexander Spatari/Getty ImagesLocation: New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo Program name: The Bridge ProjectDuration: June 2021 - ongoingIncome amount: Up to $1,000 a month for three yearsNumber of participants: 1,200 low-income mothersLocation: HudsonProgram name: HudsonUPDuration: Five years, with staggered cohorts launched in fall 2020, 2021, and 2023Income amount: $500 a month for 5 yearsNumber of participants: 128 householdsA 17-month program in Ulster County that provided basic income to 100 households ended in September 2022, and another program in Ithaca gave a full year of cash payments to unpaid caregivers through May 2023. The nonprofit Creative Rebuild New York also ran an 18-month GBI pilot for artists impacted by the pandemic, which ended in early 2024.OregonPortland.David Gn Photography / Getty ImagesLocation: PortlandProgram name: Black Resilience FundDuration: January 2023 - spring 2026Income amount: Up to $2,000 a month for three yearsNumber of participants: 25 Black households in Multnomah countyThis November, Oregonians will also vote on a universal basic income proposal to give all state residents $750 a year through taxing corporations.Pennsylvania Philadelphia.Jon Lovette / Getty ImagesLocation: Philadelphia Program name: PHILHousing+Duration: Fall 2022 - spring 2025Income amount: $89 to $2,079 a month for 30 months, depending on household incomeNumber of participants: 300 renter households from the Philadelphia Housing Authority's Housing Choice Voucher or public housing waitlistTexasSan Antonio.Adam Jones/Getty ImagesLocation: San AntonioProgram name: UpTogether San AntonioDuration: Summer 2023 - December 2024Income amount: $500 a month for 18 months Number of participants: 25 low-income familiesLocation: Harris CountyProgram name: Uplift HarrisDuration: Initially scheduled to begin in April 2024, but delayed because of the Texas Supreme Court rulingIncome amount: $500 a month for 18 monthsNumber of participants: 1,928 low-income householdsAn earlier San Antonio program offered $5,108 to 1,000 families over a 25-month period that began in December 2020. The Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot also gave participants $1,000 a month ending in May 2023.VirginaRichmond, VASeanPavonePhoto / Getty ImagesLocation: RichmondProgram name: Richmond Resilience InitiativeDuration: Several cohorts, beginning October 2020 - spring 2025Income amount: $500 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 94 low-income families with childrenLocation: Alexandria Program name: Alexandria Recurring Income for Success and EquityDuration: Spring 2023 - spring 2025Income amount: $500 a month for 24 monthsNumber of participants: 170 low-income individualsWashington DCWashington DC.Wasin Pummarin/Getty ImagesLocation: Washington DCProgram name: CashRxDuration: November 2023 - fall 2024Income amount: Participant's choice, an average of $1,400 a monthNumber of participants: 10 low-income individuals participating in the nonprofit Bread for the City's healthcare program.A previous pilot in DC — THRIVE East of the River — provided basic income to 500 low-income households between 2020 and 2021.Is there an active basic income program that isn't on this list? Have you benefited from a basic income program? Reach out to this reporter at [email protected]: April 29, 2024 — An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the end date of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program.Read the original article on Business Insider
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