Cook County’s pilot guaranteed income program, which provided $500 per month to 3,250 low- and moderate-income residents, concluded its payment cycle at the start of 2025. The county is now preparing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to ...

"The question we don't really have a good answer to is, what would happen if we scaled these programs up on a larger level?" ...

The nation’s second-most populous county has extended its guaranteed income program through 2026. Thousands of low- and middle-income residents in Cook County, Illinois, are set to receive continued ...

Fifty-two families participated in the program, receiving payments of between $100 and $500 monthly. Participants were required to have a job or participate in a job training program. Programs such as ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to the next phase of its guaranteed income program after the pilot launched in 2022. The program leveraged $42,000,000 in federal funding provided by the ...