Chicago releases application details for cash assistance program for low-income residents

The Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot shall be one of many largest help packages within the nation. 5 thousand households will obtain $500 a month for 12 months.

To qualify, residents have to be:
-18 years or older
-Have skilled financial hardships due to the pandemic
-Have a family earnings at or beneath 250% of the federal poverty degree. For a household of three, that’s lower than $58,000.

Candidates who meet the standards shall be entered right into a lottery. Town stated folks residing in poverty and communities with preexisting financial hardship shall be prioritized.

“I stay dedicated to creating an equitable restoration from the pandemic to stabilize and make sure the wellbeing of all residents,” stated Mayor Lightfoot. “The Chicago Resilient Communities pilot is a method for us to effectively assist the communities and households that had been hardest hit by the pandemic with dignity in addition to construct on our work to eradicate poverty. I am deeply proud to launch the biggest money help program of its variety within the nation as we proceed to supply financial aid to residents and strengthen our metropolis.”

The non-profit administrator of the pilot program, GiveDirectly, will settle for functions between 9 a.m. Monday, April 25 and 11:59 p.m. Friday, Could 13.

For extra info, go to chicago.gov/cashpilot.