{"id":1646158,"date":"2022-09-18T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1646158"},"modified":"2022-09-18T10:05:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:05:54","slug":"major-city-to-dole-out-12000-free-phones-to-homeless-trans-non-binary-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-city-to-dole-out-12000-free-phones-to-homeless-trans-non-binary-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Major City To Dole Out $12,000, Free Phones To Homeless Trans, \u2018Non-Binary\u2019 People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-city-to-dole-out-12000-free-phones-to-homeless-trans-non-binary-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1646158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/denver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver<\/a> plans to dole out free phones and $12,000 apiece to 140 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-city-officials-ok-ban-on-homeless-camps-near-schools-daycares-activist-breaches-chamber-barrier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeless<\/a> women and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-senate-passes-transgender-refuge-bill-eroding-parental-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender and \u201cnon-binary\u201d<\/a> people over the next year as part of a bigger partnership with a local nonprofit, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The money, which totals about $1.7 million, will come out of a $2 million fund from the federal American Rescue Plan Act under a plan the city council approved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2022\/09\/16\/universal-basic-income-homeless-denver?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Axios<\/a>. The money comes with no strings attached and makes Denver the latest Democratic-run city to experiment with universal basic income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Denver Basic Income Project is an opportunity to explore how the philanthropic community and the private sector can augment public support for those living in poverty, particularly our unhoused neighbors, and extend that hand up to stability,\u2019 Denver Mayor\u00a0Michael Hancock said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/606b8fde23ab78621244f991\/t\/60907335c834b772f038259b\/1620079413538\/DBI_NewsReleaseLaunch_April_29_21_F-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denver to pay \u201cgender nonconforming\u201d homeless people $12,000 in universal basic income <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/copolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#copolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BAvkPAYvzH\">https:\/\/t.co\/BAvkPAYvzH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Campfire Colorado (@CampfireColo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CampfireColo\/status\/1569708732694425600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s funds will be passed through the\u00a0Denver Basic Income Project, a nonprofit that plans to raise some $9 million to hand out to an estimated 820 homeless women and transgender and non-binary people.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Basic Income Project founder Mark Donovan told Axios most of the funding for the effort has come from charities, including the Colorado Health Foundation and the Denver Foundation.\u00a0Donovan\u2019s group will select those eligible for the stipends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs excited as we are about it, this isn\u2019t something you can call in and apply for,\u201d Angie Nelson, deputy director of the city\u2019s Homelessness Resolution Fund, told the site.<\/p>\n<p>Denver has an estimated 3,500 homeless people and just 2,000 spaces in shelters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/denverhomelessoutloud.org\/myths-and-reality-of-homelessness\/#:~:text=Denver%20has%20at%20least%203%2C445%20homeless%20people%20and,than%20allowed%2C%20mental%20health%20concerns%2C%20and%20much%20more.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DenverHomelessOutLoud.org<\/a>. Many camp in tents in public spaces, which is a nuisance to businesses and residents.<\/p>\n<p>Although city officials deny it, many suspect the Mile-High City\u2019s homeless explosion is tied to its legalization of marijuana a decade ago. Tom Luehrs, executive director of Denver\u2019s St. Francis Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/03\/us\/colorado-survey-suggests-legal-marijuana-attracting-homeless\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CNN in 2018<\/a> that marijuana was drawing transients to Denver and into his homeless shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that over the past several years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The group plans to give 260 people $6,500 up front, then $500 per month for the next 11 months; 260 people $1,000 per month for a year; and 300 people $50 per month as part of an experiment on the effectiveness of guaranteed basic income. All participants will get a free phone and service for a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless will monitor how recipients spend the money, as well as help them find places to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson said the number of homeless women in Denver has tripled since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. She said transgender and non-binary homeless people often struggle to find safe and \u201cinclusive\u201d shelters.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago and Los Angeles have similar\u00a0universal basic income programs. The Windy City is spending $30 million to give 5,000 poor people $500 a month and L.A. started a program last month that will dole out $1,000 per month to 1,000 people for three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver plans to dole out free phones and $12,000 apiece to 140 homeless women and transgender and \u201cnon-binary\u201d people over the next year as part of a bigger partnership with a local nonprofit, according to a report. The money, which totals about $1.7 million, will come out of a $2 million fund from the federal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1646160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1646158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1646160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}