The deadline for residents of Evanston, Illinois, to apply for a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program entailing $500-a-month payments is just days away.
Residents have until Monday to apply for the program, in which 150 people will be selected for the 12-monthlong payment program. Applicants will be chosen from a lottery system and given payments via a prepaid debit card, according to the city.
STIMULUS UPDATE 2022: DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR $500 MONTHLY PAYMENTS IN JUST FOUR DAYS
“This guaranteed income program will do so much more than offer[ing] $500 per month to 150 residents: it will reimagine, humanize, and strengthen the social safety net; it will also reshape the relationship between people and their government,” the director of Economic Security for Illinois Harish Patel said in a statement.
Prospective applicants must be residents of Evanston and come from a household with an income below or at 250% of the federal poverty line. Additionally, eligible applicants must either be illegal immigrants, between 18 and 24 years old, or 62 years old or older. The poverty line is $33,975 for a one-person household and $45,775 for a two-person household, per the release.
Funding for the program is coming from the City of Evanston and Northwestern University and involves $700,000 that came from “federal Rescue Plan funds,” the city said.
The program is intended to study the effects of guaranteed income and features a research component with Northwestern University researchers, who will examine the participants’ experiences with guaranteed income.
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The application period for the program stretched from Aug. 15 to Aug. 29, and prospective applicants can apply for the program on this website.
