PILOTS & EXPERIMENTS
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Illinois cities including Chicago just started giving some residents $500 every month
By: ELLA CERON AND BLOOMBERG Chicago and other cities in Illinois are offering some of their residents a guaranteed income in pilot
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Cash for farmworkers? California lawmaker says new $20 million idea will help amid drought
By: MELISSA MONTALVO Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have put cash in the hands of eligible
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This man wants to give $1,000 to every poor person on Earth – but could his plan really work?
By: Will Brown More than a trillion aid dollars have been pumped into the continent since the 1960s. Famines
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Proposal for Prince Edward Island Basic Income Now at Advanced Stage
By: Marie Burge Never before has the need for a basic income for Canadians been more urgent, and never
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New $42M guaranteed basic income program is using innovative tech to distribute funds
By: Chase DiBenedetto As guaranteed income programs continue to expand and benefit thousands of families around the country, Illinois’
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What is Hartford’s basic income pilot program and when will it start?
By: Jonah Dylan HARTFORD — The city is moving forward with a planned universal basic income pilot program, but
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Mountain View Set to Launch Basic Income Pilot Program
By: Ginger Conejero Saab The city of Mountain View on Thursday was set to launch a basic income pilot
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Prisoners saddled with huge bills following release
By: Barnini Chakraborty, Senior Investigations Reporter Former inmates who have paid their debt to society say they are still paying for
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How Denver’s Basic Income Pilot Will Work
By: Esteban L. Hernandez For one year, Denver will provide 140 people experiencing homelessness $12,000 with no strings attached
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Denver city council unanimously approves basic income pilot for homeless people
By: JOE RUBINO Denver is going to try a new tactic in its efforts to stem the tide of
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Basic income pilots gain momentum across US cities
By: Gaby Galvin At least a dozen U.S. cities have launched basic income pilot programs in recent months, representing
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Basic income pilot launched in three Sonoma County cities for 2 years
By: CHASE HUNTER Sonoma County is launching a two-year pilot program for guaranteed income to study the impacts on
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2,000 artists randomly selected to receive weekly payments of €325 through Ireland’s new Basic Income pilot
By: Seoirse Mulgrew Culture Minister Catherine Martin has announced that 2,000 grants will be awarded to artists through the
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More than 180,000 Los Angeles County residents applied to take part in its $1,000-monthly basic income pilot
By: gdean@insider.com (Grace Dean) See original article here. Los Angeles County has launched a universal basic income pilot program.
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Yolo County Guaranteed Income Program helping bring families over the poverty line
By: ROBYN DOBSON Over 70 families in Yolo County are now no longer living in poverty, living a dollar
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Basic income proposed in Denver to curb homelessness
By: Rogelio Mares See original article here. DENVER (KDVR) — A new proposed basic income program by the City
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Los Angeles County’s guaranteed basic income program is underway, with 1,000 residents now receiving $1,000 a month for the next three years
See original article here. LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County‘s guaranteed basic income program is underway, with 1,000 residents now receiving
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Two-year Catalan pilot project will begin universal basic income experiment in January
By: Cristina Tomàs White and Gerard Escaich Folch Can you imagine what it would be like to be paid
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Artists wait as basic income scheme further delayed in Ireland
By: Colette Sheridan See original article here. A further delay in rolling out the Basic Income for the Arts
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Homeless high school seniors in Santa Clara County to receive monthly guaranteed basic income in pilot program
See original article here. SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County will soon launch a pilot program to bring financial
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Magnolia Mother’s Trust marks a history-making three cycles of paying Black mothers $1,000 a month
By: Sara Luterman See original article here. The Magnolia Mother’s Trust is now the longest-running guaranteed income program in
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Guaranteed Basic Income Helps Ease Inflation Pressures for San Diego Families
By: Ramon Galindo See original article here. San Diego’s first guaranteed income program is a few months in, and it is
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Cash for low-income Baltimore parents pilot begins
By: Kristen Mosbrucker See original post here. A cohort of 200 Baltimore parents will get $1,000 each month as
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San Antonio quietly launched a guaranteed income pilot in late 2020
By: Iris Dimmick See original post here. During the pandemic, millions of Americans received thousands of dollars in no-strings-attached cash
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Basic Income Offers Formerly Incarcerated People a Glimpse of Stability
By: LESLIE HURTADO BRIAN YOUNG JR See original post here. For people who have been incarcerated, monthly cash assistance could
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Families could start getting money from Austin’s guaranteed basic income pilot next month
By: Jaclyn Ramkissoon. See original post here. Struggling families or individuals could start receiving payments from the City of
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Pittsburgh’s canceled guaranteed income program was vulnerable to claims of racial discrimination
By: An-Li Herring See original post here. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration cited unspecified legal concerns when it announced in April
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Palm Springs basic income pilot, no longer tied to gender, gets $500,000 more in divided council vote
By: Paul Albani-Burgio. See original post here. A divided Palm Springs City Council voted Thursday to provide $500,000 more
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As Baltimore opens enrollment for $1,000 monthly payments to young parents, applicants say the need is real
By: Emily Opilo See original post here. Inajah Wright has been homeless on and off since her late teens, relying
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New pilot program studying the impacts of giving Iowans $500 a month in basic income
By: Skylar Tallal. See original post here. This fall, Mid-Iowa Health Foundation is kicking off a basic income pilot program. “Those early
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Two hundred Mount Vernon households with annual income ranging from $15,000 to $80,000 will receive $500 a month for a year
By: Jonathan Bandler. See original post here. Mount Vernon is launching a program to provide $6,000 to needy city
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Denver’s Mayor Hancock touts guaranteed basic income test program in final State of the City address
By: JOE RUBINO | jrubino@denverpost.com. See original post here. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will ask the city council to dedicate