Excel Pilot Program Expected to Launch in Late 2021
At the Monday, August 16 City Council meeting, City Council voted to authorize a contract with StepUp Durham to administer Durham’s Guaranteed Income Pilot.
With City funding, StepUp Durham will hire a full-time coordinator dedicated to the implementation of this pilot. Through a grant from Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), 115 formerly-incarcerated individuals will be randomly selected to receive an unconditional, cash transfer of $500 per month. The pilot will last one year.
The objective of Durham’s local pilot is to evaluate guaranteed income’s effects on recidivism and re-incarceration, employment, economic security and income volatility as well as physical functioning, mental health, stress and coping, parenting, housing, and interactions with other institutional systems.
