PILOTS & EXPERIMENTS
City council votes against funding for Denver Basic Income Project
City Council voted 6-6 to earmark $2.5 million for the Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP) by amending Mayor Mike Johnston’s recent budget proposal.
Swiss city of Bern to test basic income
Despite rejection at the Swiss level, Bern’s city council wants to pay a universal basic income (UBI) to 300 residents, a test project that will be a first for Switzerland.
Can cities do what national governments won’t on basic income?
We are expecting the data to show that the basic income in Maricá has a more positive effect on people’s health and education than the Bolsa Familia does.
Queer Works CEO indicted in fraud scheme involving Palm Springs universal basic income pilot program
Rostovsky, 33, was indicted on a variety of charges including fraudulent claims, grand theft, misappropriation of public funds, insurance fraud, perjury, and money laundering, according to the DA’s office.
How’s the income pilot going in Wales?
David Westlake and Zoe Bezeczky reflect on the early findings from the Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales evaluation
Salem unveils guaranteed basic income program to ‘help families achieve economic mobility’
To fund the pilot, Salem is using a combined $688,500 from federal COVID-relief funds and a private contribution through UpTogether.
UBI in the US ‘not just an idea’ – it’s achievable
Basic income is becoming a bipartisan issue in the US, with Covid child tax credit showing that it can be done
Devolution and Social Citizenship – The Basic Income Pilot For Care Leavers in Wales
Mark Drakeford stepped down as First Minister of Wales in March 2024. My first meeting with Mark Drakeford in 2010 was not auspicious.
Los Angeles inches closer to launching a basic income program for domestic abuse survivors
BIG:LEAP found that monthly cash stipends helped abuse survivors leave their partners.
Germany to vote on big universal basic income experiment
In support of a basic income pilot project 95,000 signatures were collected. The referendum could take place parallel to the German federal election.
Sacramento approves new guaranteed basic income program for foster youth funded by taxing cannabis
Sacramento has roughly 1,000 foster youth. This program would create a guaranteed income every month, helping children survive as they age out of foster homes.
Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland Funded Beyond the End of the 3-Year Pilot
Funding of €35m for the Basic Income for the Arts pilot also announced.
Ken Paxton sues again to block Harris County’s latest guaranteed income program
The Texas Constitution expressly prohibits giving away public funds to benefit individuals — a common sense protection to prevent cronyism and ensure that public funds benefit all citizens
Guaranteed income advocates rally in Denver for additional city funding
Denver Basic Income Project sent out the last payments it has funding for this week.
Palm Springs plans to tighten grant rules after basic income scandal
The Palm Springs City Council plans to update how the city hands out grants in an apparent response to the alleged misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of dollars through a guaranteed income pilot program funded by the city.
With a New Initiative, This Foundation Is Putting Its Own Spin on Guaranteed Basic Income
Guaranteed basic income programs, which provide regular cash payments with no strings attached, aim to ease poverty and strengthen families and communities.
Innovative Waikato scheme pays artists basic income
What happens when you fund 10 artists a part time wage – a universal basic income – for an entire year, to help facilitate change within their community across an entire region?
Baltimore Police to pilot monthly stipends for child care expenses for 100 officers
During a news conference this morning at City Police headquarters about the takedown of an East Baltimore drug trafficking organization, Police Commissioner Richard Worley also defended an officer who placed a gun to a man’s head during an arrest in May.
Illinois is launching a basic income pilot for 400 families in the child welfare system in the hopes of reducing maltreatment
An Illinois guaranteed basic income program will give cash to 800 families involved in the child welfare system.
Birmingham gave single mothers $375 monthly for a year, no strings attached. Participants felt more financially stable, but ‘losing the money hurt.’
Birmingham’s guaranteed basic income program gave 110 single mothers $375 a month.
The case for a basic income for farmers
Steph Wetherell talks to farmers about whether a universal wage is the answer to growing unease and uncertainty in the sector
Gunna and Black Music Action Coalition Announce $500,000 Guaranteed Income Initiative for Georgia Families
South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau considers the program “a transformative step” for the city.
Could a basic income be the key to protecting rainforests?
Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living
Why guaranteed basic income is becoming a key anti-poverty strategy
Interest in GBI surged in California after the success of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), which provided 125 people with $500 each month for 24 months starting in February 2019.
What the Young Adult Tax Credit Could Do For Young Americans
With a poverty rate that is steadily increasing among young adults, a monthly stipend of $500 for 18- to 24-year-olds—many of whom are juggling multiple jobs and school—could make a world of difference.
LA County expands guaranteed income program to include thousands of people transitioning out of foster care
Basic income programs expands to assist foster youth.
Task force in New Mexico recommends copying Alaska’s permanent fund dividend using oil wealth
The chair of the Children’s Code Reform Task Force suggested New Mexico follow the example of the Alaska Permanent Fund, which sends every Alaska resident a yearly check based on the state’s oil and gas incomes.
Harris County commissioners to take up vote on revised guaranteed income program
Paxton in June requested the state prohibit payments under the county’s pilot guaranteed income program. The Texas Supreme Court in June granted the state’s request, ultimately deeming Uplift Harris unconstitutional.
A California city is giving new parents $500 a month. It’s one of a growing number of basic income pilots focused on families.
Pomona is launching a basic income pilot for families with children under 4 years old.
San Francisco’s basic income program for trans people to end after cuts, conservative lawsuits
Program gave $1,200 a month to 55 low-income trans residents
Arts Organizations Launch Petition to Extend Basic Income Scheme in Ireland
Pilot scheme due to end in 2025; extension of the scheme raised in the Seanad.
Pomona launches basic income pilot program
Through a lottery, the Pomona Household Universal Grant Program (HUG) will choose 600 eligible residents and assign them to two groups — a paid group and a control group.