ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s two-year experiment with a guarantee income program is entering its final months and city leaders are taking stock of how it has gone. While it has provided participants ...

Guaranteed income programs have grown in popularity in the U.S. as costs of living continue to rise. Glowimages/GettyImages Plus In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least ...

Cook County, Illinois, has taken a historic step by transforming its Guaranteed Income pilot program into a permanent initiative. Initially launched in 2022 with $42 million in federal COVID-19 relief ...

Cook County is at the center of a national debate over how local governments should respond to deep, persistent economic insecurity, but whether it has locked in guaranteed income as a permanent ...

Fifty-two families participated in the program, receiving payments of between $100 and $500 monthly. Participants were required to have a job or participate in a job training program. Programs such as ...

Cook County has completed its Guaranteed Income pilot program, which delivered unconditional monthly payments of $500 for two years to 3,250 low- and moderate-income families. The ...