{"id":1991245,"date":"2023-08-04T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-check-update-direct-payments-worth-up-to-500-to-be-sent-to-california-residents-in-12-days\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:14:16","slug":"stimulus-check-update-direct-payments-worth-up-to-500-to-be-sent-to-california-residents-in-12-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-check-update-direct-payments-worth-up-to-500-to-be-sent-to-california-residents-in-12-days\/","title":{"rendered":"California residents will receive direct payments of up to $500 in 12 days."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fstimulus-check-update-direct-payments-worth-up-to-500-to-be-sent-to-california-residents-in-12-days%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=1991245&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--><h2>The Long \u2064Beach Pledge: Providing Support to Vulnerable Families<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bcity of Long\u2062 Beach, California, is taking a\u200d proactive \u200dapproach to help vulnerable\u200b families who have been\u200c economically\u200c impacted. Through a \u2063groundbreaking guaranteed income pilot program, funds will \u2062be provided to those \u200bin need. And the best\u2062 part? Payments will be issued in just 12 days!<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Recovery \u200dAct introduced the Long \u2063Beach Pledge, which opened applications last year. This initiative \u2062promises $500 a month \u200bfor an \u2063entire year to 250 families residing in the city&#8217;s west-central 90813 ZIP code.\u200b According to the \u200cFund for Guaranteed Income, payments will be sent out on the third \u2062Wednesday of each month.<\/p>\n<p>The selection\u2063 of this specific area was based on the highest need, \u2063considering poverty \u2062rates and the effects \u2063of \u2064the pandemic. Shockingly, approximately half of the residents in this ZIP\u200d code live below 150% of the poverty level, as reported by the Long Beach Pledge site.<\/p>\n<h3>Qualifications and Application Process<\/h3>\n<p>To\u200d qualify \u2062for this incredible \u2064opportunity, applicants must have fallen below \u2064100% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-democratic-mayor-to-propose-guaranteed-basic-income-pilot-in-most-progressive-budget-hes-overseen\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Democratic Mayor To Propose Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot In \u2018Most Progressive Budget\u2019 He\u2019s Overseen\">federal poverty line<\/a> and have one income\u2062 earner for their household. Applications for the city&#8217;s economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-check-update-direct-payments-worth-up-to-500-to-be-sent-to-california-residents-in-12-days\/\" title=\"California residents will receive direct payments of up to 0 in 12 days.\">public health \u200binitiatives\u2062 program closed<\/a> last month, with a staggering 2,700 applicants, according to the Long\u200d Beach Post.<\/p>\n<p>Selected households will have the flexibility to choose their preferred\u200d method of receiving \u200bthe monthly payments. Options include direct deposit, \u200bVenmo, PayPal, or a prepaid card.<\/p>\n<h3>A Collaborative Effort<\/h3>\n<p>The city has allocated $2 million to this program, partnering with the nonprofit organization Fund for Guaranteed Income. \u2064This\u200c collaboration has \u200calready proven successful,\u200b as the \u200bFund for Guaranteed Income\u200b launched a similar guaranteed\u2064 income program\u2063 in \u2062Compton. In Compton, 800 families received payments ranging\u2064 from $300 to $600.<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-great-natural-gas-price-hike-of-2022-is-here\/\" title=\"The Great Natural Gas Price Hike Of 2022 Is Here\">providing financial support<\/a> to vulnerable families,\u2063 the city \u2063of Long \u2063Beach \u200dis making a significant\u200d impact on the\u2063 lives of its residents. This innovative \u200capproach\u200d to addressing economic challenges \u200cis commendable and sets an example for other \u200bcommunities to follow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO\u2062 READ MORE\u2062 FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach, California, aids struggling families with funds through a guaranteed income pilot program. Payments will be disbursed in 12 days. The Long Beach Pledge, part of the Recovery Act, accepted applications last year, pledging $500 monthly for a year to 250 vulnerable households residing in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1991246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991245","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=1991245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}