More Than 233,000 Apply for 3,250 Spots
in Cook County’s Guaranteed Basic Income
Program: Preckwinkle
Posted By: AltaD, 10/24/2022 2:13:23 PM
More than 233,000 Cook County residents applied to be part of the nation’s largest test of whether a universal basic income will reduce poverty, Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle said Monday. The 3,250 people who win the lottery to participate in the two-year program could get the first of 24 $500 monthly payments by the end of December, officials said. “The overwhelming response from our residents speaks to the need being felt in all our communities at this unique time in history,” Preckwinkle said. “Cook County is proud to be leading in the American guaranteed income movement and
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