Durham, NC focuses its guaranteed income pilot on formerly incarcerated residents
Durham, NC Guaranteed Income Pilot Formerly Incarcerated
City officials selected local nonprofit StepUp Durham as the pilot's administrator. The one-year program issues monthly cash payments of $500 to 109 participants. Eligible residents are 18 years and older, earn less than 60% of the area median income, and were incarcerated within the past five years. The project is funded by $200,000 in private donations and $500,000 from Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. Project leaders are evaluating the impacts of payments on recidivism and re-entry.
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Funding for the program is led by a $500,000 grant from Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, while StepUp and the City of Durham worked with private donors to secure over $200,000 in additional capital.
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“The hope is we can push against this stigma that individuals who are formerly incarcerated are not motivated and don’t know how to use their resources," said Syretta Hill, executive director of StepUp Durham.
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