{"id":2184414,"date":"2024-02-22T20:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-applicants-for-500-direct-payment-in-texas-to-be-alerted-within-four-days\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:27:06","slug":"stimulus-update-applicants-for-500-direct-payment-in-texas-to-be-alerted-within-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-applicants-for-500-direct-payment-in-texas-to-be-alerted-within-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Stimulus update: Applicants for $500 direct payment in Texas to be alerted within four 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\">30<\/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-update-applicants-for-500-direct-payment-in-texas-to-be-alerted-within-four-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=2184414&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>Within the next four days, Harris County,\u00a0Texas, officials will share which low-income applicants have been chosen for its pilot basic\u00a0income\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p> Last week, it was announced that the Uplift Harris program had roughly 83,000 applicants, with officials also confirming that they would tell those selected for the pilot program by Monday,\u00a0per\u00a0the\u00a0Houston Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p> According to officials in the county, the program will supply 1,928 recipients with $500 payments for 18 months, with the first payment going out in April.<\/p>\n<p> For a resident to qualify for the pilot program, they must be 200% below the federal poverty line and live in one of Harris County\u2019s \u201chigh-poverty ZIP codes\u201d or be in the county\u2019s Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cReducing poverty and helping families who are struggling to meet basic needs should not be a political debate,\u201d Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a statement last week, per the outlet. \u201cOur community is experiencing poverty at rates higher than other communities in Texas and around the nation, and we as county leaders have a duty to do everything we can to address it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The county says that the 18 months of payments provided by the program will be funded using $20.5 million allocated from the American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021. Harris County officials\u00a0hope\u00a0they will be able to\u00a0create \u201clong-term sustainability and gradual expansion\u201d for the program in the future.<\/p>\n<p> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe\u2019ll be looking into how we can fund this program long-term and hopefully help even more families in the future,\u201d Hidalgo said.<\/p>\n<p> The pilot program was approved by the Harris County Commissioners Court in June 2023. Several jurisdictions have\u00a0tried out\u00a0basic guaranteed income programs with varying results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the next four days, Harris County,\u00a0Texas, officials will share which low-income applicants have been chosen for its pilot basic\u00a0income\u00a0program. Last week, it was announced that the Uplift Harris program had roughly 83,000 applicants, with officials also confirming that they would tell those selected for the pilot program by Monday,\u00a0per\u00a0the\u00a0Houston Chronicle. 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