People living in poverty in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are now eligible to get no strings attached payments from a new pilot program approved by the county council unanimously on Tuesday.
Sponsors of the measure argue that many residents in Prince George’s County are “trapped in this generational cycle with little to no prospects for economic mobility,” according to the council’s resolution.
The Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program would be modeled after the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) program based in Stockton, California.
In that program, 125 qualified people are randomly picked to receive unconditional payments of $500 a month over two years.
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