AMERICAN families could get up to $500 per month as part of a guaranteed income program in Texas.
About 1,900 low-income households will be randomly selected from a pool of applicants to receive 18 months of payment.
Over 28,500 Houston-area residents applied for the county program, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Payments will start going out in April, county officials told the local paper.
Selected applicants will be notified of the impending payments by February 26.
PAYMENT PLANNING
Harris County, which contains Houston, launched the program to combat poverty.
Billed as Uplift Harris and spearheaded by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the pilot program will distribute money from a $20.5 million pot.
Funding came from the American Rescue Plan, the Biden administration’s ambitious stimulus package passed in 2021 as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic.