Fresno County guaranteed income applications open

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Applications are unfastened for the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, Advancing Fresno County Guaranteed Income Program.

150 eligible families person the accidental to get $500 a period for a year.

Fresno EOC Navigation Center Manager Mai Chang says helping families who use is captious due to the fact that they whitethorn deficiency entree to the Internet oregon person a connection barrier.

"We presently person unit astatine our LCC determination who request in-person assistance, and we besides person unit placed astatine the Huron determination for in-person assistance," said Chang.

Huron is 1 of 2 communities selected for the caller guaranteed income program. The different is the '93706' zip codification successful Southwest Fresno.

"In the metropolis of Fresno, 93706 is considered 1 of the astir impoverished areas, not lone successful the metropolis but successful the authorities and nation. So, I deliberation having that wealth disposable to 93706, who for years has been denied resources for the community, I deliberation is precise critical," said Shawn Riggins with Fresno EOC.

To beryllium eligible successful Huron, you indispensable marque $35,000 oregon little annually, and successful the 93706 zip codification successful southwest Fresno, you indispensable gain $30,000 oregon less.

You besides person to beryllium implicit 18 and large oregon person astatine slightest 1 kid 5 years aged oregon younger.

Fresno State's Center for Community Voices partners successful the program, and prof Matthew Jendian says they volition prime 75 families that use from each zip codification astatine random to participate.

"We volition besides beryllium reaching retired to those participants quarterly implicit the coming twelvemonth to measure their acquisition successful the program," said Matthew Jendian with the Center for Community Voices.

Jendian says this programme is similar a story, and he's excited to spot however it unfolds.

"And what that communicative is could power the adjacent iteration of what a guaranteed income programme successful Fresno County would look like," said Jendian.

Applications are unfastened until May 15th. For 2 months, Fresno EOC unit volition beryllium disposable to assistance with applications successful Huron and Southwest Fresno Monday done Friday from 8:30 americium to 5 pm.

You tin besides use online.

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