ATLANTA (AP) – Atlanta city leaders are planning pilot programs that will give cash directly to small groups of low-income residents in hopes of lifting them out of poverty.
The idea behind guaranteed income programs is to alleviate poverty, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Pilot projects have taken off in cities from Los Angeles and Stockton, California, to Columbia, South Carolina, the newspaper reported.
In Atlanta, the initiatives were spearheaded by outgoing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and City Councilman Amir Farokhi, the newspaper reported.
One of the programs is expected to launch by the end of this 2021. It will provide $500 month to at least 275 low-income recipients for a year.