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Universal Basic Income: 23 U.S. locations offering up to $18,000

COVID-19 has had a major financial impact on Americans, and now cities and states are offering universal basic income to take care of residents.

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Universal basic income, or UBI, is money given to individuals on a recurring basis.

This could be monthly, a number of times in a year, or annually.

Here are 23 states and cities offering universal basic income throughout the U.S.

Alaska

Alaska isn’t new, because they’ve been paying residents annually out of the Alaska Permanent Fund since 1982.

The money comes from state oil revenues and pays dividends to citizens of the state.

You cannot have a felony or have been in jail to qualify.

The highest amount ever seen was in 2008 at $2,069 per person.


Universal Basic Income: Families see $500 per month

Arizona

Arizona is giving eligible families debit cards with $2,000 on them.

Every month qualifying families in the program see $1,000, but in January there were no payments.

Birmingham, Alabama

Single mothers in Birmingham can get $375 per month for one year.

Applications were accepted for one week starting Jan. 31.

Chicago, Illinois

5,000 families will see $500 per month under a UBI program.

Applications will start being accepted in April.


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Columbia, South Carolina

100 low income fathers started getting $500 monthly payments on debit cards.

This will continue for several more months.

Durham, North Carolina

Durham started the Excel pilot program in Dec. 2021 to help formerly incarcerated individuals.

In order to participate, you must 18 or older and have been incarcerated within the last 5 years.

Georgia

The state of Georgia currently offers two UBI programs.

The first one will help 650 Black women with $850 per month for two years.

The second will help 300 18 and older residents with $500 per month for one year.


Universal Basic Income: $500 deadline ends today

Healdsburg, California

This city has created a program that will pay new mothers needing to stay home with $500 per month for two years.

Participants will be chosen using a lottery.

Jackson, Mississippi

This UBI program started before COVID-19, and helps low income Black mothers with $1,000 per month for one year.

This year will be its third round and 100 participants will be chosen.

Louisville, Kentucky

Young people in Louisville can get $500 per month.

Adults must be between 18 and 24 years old.

They must reside in California, Russell, and Smoketown neighborhoods.

Participants will be randomly chosen.


Universal Basic Income: Applications for $375 monthly payments end Feb. 7

Los Angeles, California

A new program in the city called BIG: LEAP will help low income workers.

3,200 families will see $1,000 per month for one year.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis will give 200 families $500 per month for two years.

Mountain View, California

166 people in Mountain View will see $500 per month for one year.

You must reside in the city and have one child under age 18.

Finger Lakes Partners (Billboard)

UBI: All the places with Universal Basic Income in the U.S.

Newark, New Jersey

400 residents of Newark will see payments worth $12,000 spread out over 2 years.

Half will see $250 every two weeks and another half will see two payments of $3,000 each year.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Teens and young adults between 16 and 24 can see $350 per month.

This is part of the state’s financial literacy program.

New York State

New York is offering a program called Creatives Rebuild New York which will give 2,400 artists $1,000 for 18 months.

300 jobs will be offered to artists to make $65,000 annually.

Oakland, California

600 families from Oakland will see basic income benefits.

The first phase started with 300 people getting $500 per month for 18 months.

Now 300 more families will see the same thing.


UBI: Mothers can get $900 per month with this program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

60 people residing in the city will see $500 per month for one year.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

200 families will see $500 per month for two years.

Payments began in late 2021.

The total amount will equate to $12,000.

Rochester, New York

175 low income families in Rochester will see $500 payments each month.

Shreveport, Louisiana

110 participants will see $660 per month for one year.

The participants must be single parents caring for a child that was under 20 in Aug. of 2021.

You may not be living with a partner.

DiSanto Propane (Billboard)

UBI: $850 guaranteed per month for 2 years

St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul plans to extend a program for two more years.

150 families will see payments worth $500 per month for 18 months.

Now, 300 families will see these same payments for 2 years.

Washington, D.C.

In Washington 132 new or expecting mothers will see $900 per month for one year.

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