California approves 1st state-funded universal basic income
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NYC funds pilot program to give $1,250 per month to 40 homeless young people
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LA WATCHDOG The Mayor’s Proposed Budget calls for an “investment” of $24 million in a Universal Basic Income (“UBI”) pilot program that will provide 2,000 low income Angelenos with $1,000 a month in unrestricted funds for one year, a total of $12,000 for each participant.
Modeled after the
Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, this pilot is to designed to provide participants a degree of financial stability where they have better job prospects, avoid debt, alleviate stress, live healthier lives, and have a better quality of life.
While this pilot program is being financed with one-time money from the Federal government, the City Administrative Officer stated that there may be a desire to continue this program, adding to the projected $138 million budget gap in the following year (FY 2022-23).
April 13, 2021
By Todd Post
Bread for the World celebrated the March passage of the American Rescue Plan, which includes immediate help for families, small businesses, and local governments devastated by the economic impacts of COVID-19. As I wrote last month, one feature in particular, expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC), could lead to dramatic reductions in child poverty and hunger.
This piece explained how expanding the CTC makes more grocery money available to parents struggling to put food on the table. The catch is that the American Rescue Plan contains only a one-year expansion. I want to focus now on the need for advocacy to make it permanent. It will take additional effort for the policy improvements to make a lasting difference for children.