New York City has officially launched a guaranteed income pilot program to test whether cash handouts can help people achieve self-sufficiency and stability.

Kellie has tons of houseplants because she loves to care for them and watch them grow. For the past two years, she has grown alongside her plants as a recipient of the city of Boulder’s guaranteed ...

There have been more than 150 guaranteed income pilot programs implemented across the country, but only one has made its program permanent - Cook County, Illinois. The county, which includes Chicago, ...

Fifty-two families participated in the program, receiving payments of between $100 and $500 monthly. Participants were required to have a job or participate in a job training program. Programs such as ...

To make guaranteed basic income a reality, Santa Clara County leaders turned to a real world trial. Now their efforts are ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

ST. LOUIS – A new report on St. Louis’ Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program identified strengths and opportunities for improvement after 18 months of providing $500 payments to hundreds of families ...

Janet Lewis participated in the 2022-2024 pilot of the IndyEast Guaranteed Income Initiative. She continues to work with an adviser at the John Boner Neighborhood Centers. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — You can hear the music, and you can see the joy as Vanessa Gamble and her son, Obediah, sing and laugh. You don’t see concern. You don’t feel the burden of uncertainty, but months ...

Oct. 26—Kellie has tons of houseplants because she loves to care for them and watch them grow. For the past two years, she has grown alongside her plants as a recipient of the city of Boulder's ...

Cook County is at the center of a national debate over how local governments should respond to deep, persistent economic insecurity, but whether it has locked in guaranteed income as a permanent ...

"I am philosophically committed to making this permanent," District 4 Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, who has championed the ...