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EPISODE · Oct 13, 2022 · 32 MIN

Applications now open for $500 monthly payments from Cook County

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is urging people to apply for a guaranteed income program called the Cook County Promise. About 32,000 applications will be chosen at random, and the winners get those monthly $500 payments for two years to spend however they choose. Reset checks in with Preckwinkle about the basics of the program. We also hear from Rachel Pyon with Equity and Transformation, a group of activists that have started their own guaranteed income program in West Garfield Park.

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