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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw it on evening news: Montgomery County will pay $800 per month, regardless immigration status, for two years.  
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Found the original source for you:  https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=39336&Dept=1
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Councilmember Jawando, Council Vice President Albornoz and County Executive Elrich Announce New Guaranteed Income Pilot Program at Press Conference on Oct. 26 at 12:30 p.m.

For Immediate Release: Monday, October 25, 2021

Special appropriation of nearly $2 million will be introduced at the Council to fund the program with additional financial support from the Meyer Foundation

Rockville, Md., Oct. 25, 2021 — On Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 12:30 p.m., Councilmember Will Jawando and Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz will host a joint press conference with County Executive Marc Elrich, Councilmembers, the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Dr. Raymond L. Crowel, and representatives from the Meyer Foundation, the Collaboration Council, non-profit and university partners to announce a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program for Montgomery County residents.

Expected to launch in 2022, the program will provide direct cash payments of $800 per month to 300 county households for 24 months. Area university partners will evaluate the program’s impact on participating households with anecdotal, qualitative and quantitative data. The County’s Guaranteed Income Pilot Program will be a public-private partnership supported by the County Executive, Montgomery County DHHS, the Meyer Foundation, UpTogether and the Collaboration Council.“

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So that's a total $5.76 million price tag over 24 months.

The county gets grants all the time.   It's seed money to start programs that the county eventually takes over.  What is the county's plan for caring for these 300 families when the funding ends?  Do they have a transition plan?  Or are they just going to yank out the funding from under them?  If not, where will the $2.88 million a year come from?  HHS budget, which is already underfunded?  What else gets cut?  More police officers (it is Jawando, after all, who agreed with cutting 25 police last spring as a "symbolic gesture.")

Not saying it's a horrible idea.  But show me your long range planning.  Either how you transition people off money they've gotten used to for TWO YEARS, or how they plan to fund it without cutting other county services.  [/quote]

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