Harris County commissioners will vote on a proposed guaranteed income program called Uplift Harris that will give $500 a month to 1,500 low-income families.
The other item on the agenda is a vote to approve a guaranteed income pilot program. The Uplift Harris program, which is funded from federal dollars, will give monthly cash payments to those living in poverty.
The county wants to spend $20.5 million on the direct cash payments to 1,500 families in the area. The families selected would get $500 dollars a month for 18 months. A random drawing would be used to select who gets the money, and only those living in certain areas with specific annual incomes would qualify.
"Payments are meant to help people break the cycle of poverty. Recipients will be selected from the 10 most impoverished zip codes throughout the county, which make an annual median income of $35,000," Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said.
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