How well is Cook County’s guaranteed income program working?
One participant says she’s using the $500 monthly payments to help pay for transportation and her storage unit.
Municipalities across the country are piloting guaranteed income programs as a way to combat poverty in their communities.
Reset learns about programs helping residents in Cook County.
GUESTS: Jailyn Brown, Bronzeville resident and participant of the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot
Shantá Robinson, Ph.D., assistant professor Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; faculty affiliate Inclusive Economy Lab; faculty affiliate Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago
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How well is Cook County’s guaranteed income program working?
One participant says she’s using the $500 monthly payments to help pay for transportation and her storage unit.
Municipalities across the country are piloting guaranteed income programs as a way to combat poverty in their communities.
Reset learns about programs helping residents in Cook County.
GUESTS: Jailyn Brown, Bronzeville resident and participant of the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot
Shantá Robinson, Ph.D., assistant professor Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; faculty affiliate Inclusive Economy Lab; faculty affiliate Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago