CHICAGO — Chicago’s $31.5 million guaranteed income pilot program has kicked off with slightly more than 5,000 households receiving their first payments, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday.
Most of the recipients are women, about seven in 10, and a majority are Black. Participating households’ median annual income is $14,000, according to a news release on the program.
Dubbed the Resilient Communities pilot, the recipients were selected by lottery from more than 176,000 applicants earlier this year and are receiving $500 a month for 12 months.
