George was one of 400+ participants in Newark’s guaranteed income (GI) pilot, which supported economically vulnerable residents with cash payments during a two year period.
About The Newark Movement for Economic Equity
The City of Newark, New Jersey is launching its first mayor-led guaranteed income pilot program. In Fall 2021, 400 Newark residents will receive bi-weekly payments of $250 and semi-annual payments of $3,000 over a two-year period.
A Guaranteed Income (G.I.) is an unconditional monthly cash payment given directly to individuals – no strings attached and no work requirements. Guaranteed income is rooted in a history of racial justice – in 1967, against a similar backdrop of civil unrest and racial reckoning, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called for guaranteed income as the simplest and most effective solution to poverty.
For more, visit: newarkequity.org
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