COVID cash used to boost guaranteed income projects across U.S.
(HEADLINE USA) – About 180,000 people applied for the Los Angeles County guaranteed-income program in the spring of 2022. But there were just 1,000 spots available. It was a sign of high demand for the $1,000-a-month no-strings-attached stipend from the government.
New guaranteed income programs are popping up across the country as governments are using the stockpile of federal COVID-19 emergency money to fund them. Mayors For A Guaranteed Income is a collection of mayors from some of the largest cities in the country orchestrating the long-term development of guaranteed income plans.
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The city of St. Louis approved spending $5 million of its federal COVID-19 recovery money on Dec. 13 to pay for its guaranteed income program that will give 440 households $500 a month for 18 months. But what happens to these projects once the one-time federal emergency funds from the COVID-19 pandemic response dry up?
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