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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signs executive order that provides guaranteed income for families in need

[KSTP] On Thursday, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signed Executive Order 2020-24 that authorizes the creation of the People's Prosperity Pilot, St. Paul's Guaranteed Income Demonstration Program.

A release from the mayor's office states the program is led by the Office of Financial Empowerment. The People's Prosperity Pilot will provide up to 150 St. Paul families with $500 a month in guaranteed income for a period of up to 18 months.

The projected budget of up to $1.5 million will be supported through the Mayors For Guaranteed Income national network, philanthropy, and city of St. Paul CARES funds. Households will be randomly selected from CollegeBound St. Paul families from the city's most racially diverse and lowest wealth neighborhoods.

St. Paul city councilmember Mitra Jalali said of the program, "the scale of how game-changing that would be, is not insignificant to those families it could put actual lives on a different path for the better."

Posted by Fred 2020-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 The projected budget of up to $1.5 million will be supported through the Mayors For Guaranteed Income national network, philanthropy, and city of St. Paul CARES funds.

OMG, pass the popcorn please.

Posted by gorb 2020-09-04 01:55|| 2020-09-04 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Love the pic.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-04 05:23|| 2020-09-04 05:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "most racially diverse neighborhoods" = least racially diverse

Posted by Thravising Angaitle5247 2020-09-04 05:41|| 2020-09-04 05:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Diversity! Take, say, Passaic,
Whose close-ups are, sadly, prosaic:
Instead of smooth shading
With boundaries fading,
Its structure is starkly mosaic.

Posted by Oming Shusosing6115 2020-09-04 11:21|| 2020-09-04 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Rewarded for being "in need" will attract people who need and push away those who create surplus.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-04 12:22|| 2020-09-04 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 I self identify as a person in need resident of St Paul. As they say in Cabaret. "Money, money money"🎶🎶🎶

Posted by Cheaderhead 2020-09-04 17:33|| 2020-09-04 17:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Perpetual Motion Discovered! Money for Nothing.

Posted by magpie 2020-09-04 19:39|| 2020-09-04 19:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Money for Nothing ... and the chicks for free.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-09-04 20:55|| 2020-09-04 20:55|| Front Page Top

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