34 cities and states sending payments between $200 and $1,000 monthly – full list of universal basic income payments

AMERICANS all over the country are getting help making ends meet through universal basic income (UBI) programs.

These guaranteed income programs provide monthly payments to eligible participants.

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These programs offer money to low-income residents with no strings attached

Usually, the programs are government-sponsored or run by not-for-profits.

In most cases, there are no strings attached to how the cash can be used and it doesn’t have to be paid back.

While there is growing support or these programs, those who oppose them say they discourage people from finding work.

Here are some of the UBI programs across the country.

1. Birmingham, Alabama

• Program: Embrace Mothers
• Lenght: one year
• payments: $375 a month for one year
• Participants: 110 single mothers

2. Los Angeles, California

• Program: Big Leap
• Lenght: January 2022 to January 2023
• payments: $1,000 a month for one year
• Participants: Approximately 3,000

LA has a second UBI program as well.

• Lenght: Three years
• payments: $1,204 a month
• Participants: 150 people ages 18 to 24 who are receiving general relief benefits

4. Marin County, California

• Lenght: 2021 to 2023
• payments: $1,000 a month for two years
• Participants: 125 low-income women raising at least one child under 18 years old

5. Mountain View, California

• Program: Elevate MV
• Lenght: one year
• payments: $500 every month
• Participants: 166

6. Oakland, California

• Program: Oakland Resilient Families
• Lenght: Summer 2020 to present
• payments: $500 a month for 18 months
• Participants: 600

7. Sacramento, California

• Program: Direct Investment Program in Sacramento
• Lenght: June 2021 to June 2022
• payments: $300 a month for two years
• Participants: 100

8th. South San Francisco, California

• Program: The South San Francisco Guaranteed Income Program
• Lenght: October 2021 to October 2022
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 135

9. Santa Clara County, California

• Program: County of Santa Clara’s Basic Income Pilot
• Lenght: June 2020 to early 2022
• payments: Up to $1,000 a month
• Participants: 2,400 to 2,500 young adults transitioning out of foster care

10 Stockton, California

• Program: SEED (Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration)
• Lenght: February 2019 to February 2021
• payments: $500 a month for two years
• Participants: 125

11. West Hollywood, California

• Program: West Hollywood Pilot for Guaranteed Income
• Lenght: April 2022 to October 2023
• payments: $1,000
• Participants: 25 randomly selected West Hollywood residents, age 50 or above, who identify as LGBTQIA

12. Atlanta, Georgia

• Program: IMPACT (Income Mobility Program for Atlanta Community Transformation)
• Lenght: one year
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 300 Atlanta residents who live below 200 percent of the federal poverty line

13. Georgia

• Program: In Her Hands
• Lenght: Beginning in early 2022 for at least two years
• payments: $850 a month for two years; some may receive a lump sum payment
• Participants: 650 Black women, initially in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward

14 Cook County, Illinois

• Program: Cook County Guaranteed Income
• Lenght: Begins December 2022 for a year
• payments: $500 monthly for a year
• Participants: 3,000 residents living at or below 250 percent of the poverty level

15 Gainesville, Fla

• Program: Just Income GNV
• Lenght: Winter 2021/2022 to early 2023
• payments: $1,000, then $600 a month for 11 months
• Participants: 115 formerly incarcerated people

16 Chicago, Illinois

• Lenght: One year from TBD 2022 start date
• payments: $500 a month
• Participants: 5,000 low-income people making less than $35,000 a year

17 Gary, Indiana

• Program: Guaranteed Income Validation Effort
• Lenght: Spring 2021 to Winter 2022
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 200

18 Louisville, Kentucky

• Program: YALift! (Young Adult Louisville Income for Transformation)
• Lenght: one year
• payments: $500 a month
• Participants: 150 young people between the ages of 18 and 24

19. New Orleans, Louisiana

• Program: Financial literacy program
• Lenght: 10 months
• payments: $350 a month
• Participants: 125 young people between the ages of 16 to 24 either unemployed or not in school

20. Shreveport, Louisiana

• Lenght: March 2022 to March 2023
• payments: $660 a month for one year
• Participants: 110 single parents or legal guardians of school-aged children

21 Chelsea, Massachusetts

• Program: Direct Assistance Grant Program
• Lenght: November 2020 to present
• payments: Between $200 to $400 a month
• Participants: 2,000

22 Lynn, Massachusetts

• Program: Family Health Project
• Lenght: May 2021 to May 2024
• payments: $400 a month to new moms for a child’s first three years
• Participants: 15

23 Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Program: Minneapolis Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot
• Lenght: Spring 2022 to spring 2024
• payments: $500 a month for two years
• Participants: 200 families

24. Jackson, Mississippi

• Program: Magnolia Mother’s Trust
• Lenght: December 2018 to present
• payments: $1,000 a month for one year
• Participants: 100 low income, Black mothers

25 new York

• Program: Creatives Rebuild New York
• Lenght: 18 months
• payments: $1,000 a month
• Participants: 2,400 artists

26 Hudson, New York

• Program: Hudson Up
• Lenght: 2020 to 2025
• payments: $500 a month for five years
• Participants: 25

27 New-York, New-York

• Program: The Bridge Project
• Lenght: Three years from acceptance
• payments: $1,000 a month for three years (Phase One)
• Participants: 100 pregnant or new mothers with a baby under one year (Phase One)

28 Rochester, New York

• Program: Guaranteed Basic Income
• Lenght: Two years
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 175 low income families

29 North Carolina / Cherokee Tribe

• Program: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Casino Dividend
• Lenght: Annual
• payments: $4,000 to $6,000 a year
• Participants: Every tribal member

30 Durham, North Carolina

• Program: Excel Pilot Program
• Lenght: 2022 to 2023
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 115 Durham residents who were incarcerated in the last five years

31 Philly, Pennsylvania

• Program: No confirmed name yet
• Lenght: March 2022 for at least one year
• payments: $500 a month for at least 12 months
• Participants: 60 people who have received TANF for at least five years

32 Columbia, South Carolina

• Program: Columbia Life Improvement Monetary Boost
• Lenght: Early 2021 to present
• payments: $500 a month for one year
• Participants: 100 low-income fathers

33 Alexandria, Va

• Program: Alexandria Guaranteed Income Pilot
• Lenght: December 2021 to December 2023
• payments: $500 a month for two years
• Participants: 150

34 Washington, D.C

• Program: Strong Families, Strong Future DC
• Lenght: One year from February 2022
• payments: $900 per month for one year
• Participants: 132 new and expectant mothers in Wards 5, 7 and 8

See if you’re eligible for checks ranging from $200 to $1,050.

Plus, some residents are still waiting for their $300 rebate but it may be their fault.