LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday that will launch a guaranteed income pilot program for young people ages 18 to 24.
The three-year program will provide 150 people with $1,204 a month. The money will go to youth transitioning out of foster care or probation who are currently receiving general relief benefits and participating in the L.A. County Department of Public Social Services’ TAYportunity program. The money will include $1,000 in income and $204 in CalFresh, the state program that provides low-income California residents money to purchase food.
The money will not affect the $221 in monthly general relief benefits that these young adults already rely on.
“We have the blueprint to launch a guaranteed basic income program among a sample population that has not only been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but has historically faced economic and social inequities,” L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, who co-authored the motion, said in a statement Monday.
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