Inflation made budgets tighter for low-and-medium income families. Most states have financial programs to give specific residents monthly payments. The enthusiastic response of recipients made this stipend initiative grow in number. Below is a highlight of each project and the amount given across America in different cities.
American Guaranteed Income Programs of 2022
The list highlights about 34 programs. (source)
Birmingham, Alabama
- Program: Embrace Mothers
- Length: One year
- Payments: $375 a month for one year
- Participants: 110 single mothers
Alaska
- Program: Alaska Permanent Fund
- Length: Annual
- Payments: $1,114 in 2021
- Participants: Alaska residents
Compton, California
- Program: Compton Pledge
- Length: December 2020 to December 2022
- Payments: $1,800 every three months for two years
- Participants: 800
Long Beach, California
- Length: Fall 2021 to Fall 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 500
Los Angeles, California
- Length: Three years
- Payments: $1,204 a month
- Participants: 150 people ages 18 to 24 who are receiving general relief benefits
Los Angeles, California
- Program: Big Leap
- Length: January 2022 to January 2023
- Payments: $1,000 a month for one year
- Participants: Approximately 3,000
Marin County, California
- Length: 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
Mountain View, California
- Program: Elevate MV
- Length: One year
- Payments: $500 every month
- Participants: 166
Oakland, California
- Program: Oakland Resilient Families
- Length: Summer 2020 to present
- Payments: $500 a month for 18 months
- Participants: 600
Sacramento, California
- Program: Direct Investment Program in Sacramento
- Length: June 2021 to June 2022
- Payments: $300 a month for two years
- Participants: 100
South San Francisco, California
- Program: The South San Francisco Guaranteed Income Program
- Length: October 2021 to October 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 135
Santa Clara County, California
- Program: County of Santa Clara's Basic Income Pilot
- Length: 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
Stockton, California
- Program: SEED (Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration)
- Length: February 2019 to February 2021
- Payments: $500 a month for two years
- Participants: 125
West Hollywood, California
- Program: West Hollywood Pilot for Guaranteed Income
- Length: April 2022 to October 2023
- Payments: $1,000
- Participants: 25 randomly selected West Hollywood residents, age 50 or above, who identify as LGBTQIA
Atlanta, Georgia
- Program: I.M.P.A.C.T. (Income Mobility Program for Atlanta Community Transformation)
- Length: One year
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 300 Atlanta residents who live below 200% of the federal poverty line
Georgia
- Program: In Her Hands
- Length: Beginning 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
Gainesville, Florida
- Program: Just Income GNV
- Length: Winter 2021/2022 to early 2023
- Payments: $1,000, then $600 a month for 11 months
- Participants: 115 formerly incarcerated people
Chicago, Illinois
- Length: One year from TBD 2022 start date
- Payments: $500 a month
- Participants: 5,000 low-income people making less than $35,000 a year
Gary, Indiana
- Program: Guaranteed Income Validation Effort
- Length: Spring 2021 to Winter 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 200
Louisville, Kentucky
- Program: YALift! (Young Adult Louisville Income for Transformation)
- Length: One year
- Payments: $500 a month
- Participants: 150 young people between the ages of 18 to 24
New Orleans, Louisiana
- Program: Financial literacy program
- Length: 10 months
- Payments: $350 a month
- Participants: 125 young people between the ages of 16 to 24 either unemployed or not in school
Shreveport, Louisiana
- Length: March 2022 to March 2023
- Payments: $660 a month for one year
- Participants: 110 single parents or legal guardians of school-aged children
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Program: Cambridge Recurring Income for Success and Empowerment
- Length: June 2021 to December 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for 18 months
- Participants: 120
Chelsea, Massachusetts
- Program: Direct Assistance Stipend Program
- Length: November 2020 to present
- Payments: Between $200 to $400 a month
- Participants: 2,000
Lynn, Massachusetts
- Program: Family Health Project
- Length: May 2021 to May 2024
- Payments: $400 a month to new moms for a child's first three years
- Participants: 15
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Program: Minneapolis Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot
- Length: Spring 2022 to spring 2024
- Payments: $500 a month for two years
- Participants: 200 families
St. Paul, Minnesota
- Program: People's Prosperity Guaranteed Income Pilot
- Length: October 2020 to May 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for 18 months
- Participants: 150
Jackson, Mississippi
- Program: Magnolia Mother's Trust
- Length: December 2018 to present
- Payments: $1,000 a month for one year
- Participants: 100 low-income, Black mothers
Newark, New Jersey
- Program: Newark Movement for Economic Equity
- Length: Fall 2021 to Fall 2022
- Payments: Bi-weekly payments of $250 and semi-annual payments of $3,000 over two years
- Participants: 400
Paterson, New Jersey
- Program: Guaranteed Income
- Length: July 2021 to July 2022
- Payments: $400 a month for one year
- Participants: 110
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Program: The City of Santa Fe Learn, Earn, Achieve Program
- Length: 2021 to 2022
- Payments: $400 a month for one year
- Participants: 100 young parents enrolled at Santa Fe Community College
New York
- Program: Creatives Rebuild New York
- Length: 18 months
- Payments: $1,000 a month
- Participants: 2,400 artists
Hudson, New York
- Program: HudsonUp
- Length: 2020 to 2025
- Payments: $500 a month for five years
- Participants: 25
New York, New York
- Program: The Bridge Project
- Length: 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)
Rochester, New York
- Program: Guaranteed Basic Income
- Length: Two years
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 175 low-income families
Ulster County, New York
- Program: Project Resilience
- Length: Spring 2021 to Spring 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 100
North Carolina / Cherokee Tribe
- Program: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Casino Dividend
- Length: Annual
- Payments: $4,000 to $6,000 a year
- Participants: Every tribal member
Durham, North Carolina
- Program: Excel Pilot Program
- Length: 2022 to 2023
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 115 Durham residents who were incarcerated in the last five years
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Program: No confirmed name yet
- Length: 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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Program: Assured Cash Experiment PGH
- Length: Late 2020 to late 2022
- Payments: $500 for two years
- Participants: 100 African-American women and 100 people of any race or gender, all from low-income zip codes
Providence, Rhode Island
- Program: Providence Guaranteed Income Pilot
- Length: November 2021 to December 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 110
Columbia, South Carolina
- Program: Columbia Life Improvement Monetary Boost
- Length: Early 2021 to present
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 100 low-income fathers
Alexandria, Virginia
- Program: Alexandria Guaranteed Income Pilot
- Length: December 2021 to December 2023
- Payments: $500 a month for two years
- Participants: 150
Richmond, Virginia
- Program: Richmond Resilience Initiative
- Length: October 2020 to December 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 18 low-income, working families who do not qualify for aid
Tacoma, Washington
- Program: Growing Resilience in Tacoma
- Length: December 2021 to December 2022
- Payments: $500 a month for one year
- Participants: 110
Washington, DC
- Program: Strong Families, Strong Future DC
- Length: One year from February 2022
- Payments: $900 per month for one year
- Participants: 132 new and expectant mothers in Wards 5, 7 and 8
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