Some Illinois residents will see their first batch of monthly direct payments Tuesday.
These payments, worth $500, are part of the city of Evanston’s experiment with establishing a universal basic income.
Eligible residents must have submitted applications by August 29.
Selected through a random lottery drawing, they also needed a household income at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty line.
Nationally, that is $69,375 for a family of four.
They also had to fit specific criteria:
- Adults, age range: 18-24 years old
- Adults, age range: 62 years old and older
- Undocumented community members
The cash will be loaded onto a prepaid debit card and will start going out Tuesday.
Basic income in Virginia
The city of Alexandria, Virginia, opens its new no-strings-attached $500 monthly direct payment program on Monday.
The ARISE program plans to randomly select 170 people in a lottery system for the payments, which will continue for two years.
The first check is expected to be issued in January 2023.
To be eligible, residents must be 18 or older and have an income at or below 50 percent of the area median income.
For a household of one, that’s $49,850.
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