Guaranteed Income

A guaranteed income conference held in Atlanta shows how the movement has progressed since 2017, with more than 50 pilots currently handing out cash.

As payments roll in, guaranteed income recipients reflect on their lives “If I didn’t have that money, then I know I’d be tons, tons more stressed now.”

In Her Hands, a guaranteed income initiative for women, is launching soon in Cuthbert, Georgia and its surrounding counties. Here’s how it’s coming together.

A successful guaranteed income program in Jackson, Mississippi could offer insights to cities in Alabama and Louisiana as they launch their own pilots.

Guaranteed income as a form of social welfare will get its first test run in the Gulf South soon thanks to programs starting in Alabama and Louisiana.

Since Mayor LaToya Cantrell took office in 2018, city officials said they’ve been trying to improve outcomes for teenagers and young adults who are disconnected from work or school. Starting in January, a guaranteed income program specifically for opportunity youth aims to help with that.

While New Orleans has yet to publicly announce the specifics of its upcoming guaranteed income pilot, it has identified its target population: "opportunity youth" — young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor working.

Among the tasks on New Orleans’ long new year list: launch guaranteed income.The city recently secured $500,000 to pilot unconditional cash payments to a…