Providence debuts pilot cash payment program for low-income residents

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PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA on Tuesday announced the city will start a pilot program giving monthly, cash payments to 110 low-income city residents. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is testing out a guaranteed income program of monthly, no-strings-attached payments starting with 110 low-income residents, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced in a press conference on Tuesday. The pilot program comes after Elorza in September joined a coalition of mayors nationwide pledging to start or expand guaranteed income programs…

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