CHICAGO — Residents can now apply for the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, which will provide households with $500 per month.
Applications for the program opened Monday at 9 a.m. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on May 13. Eligible residents who apply at any time during this period will be entered into a lottery, with program participants chosen in May, according to a city press release.
Click here to access the application page.
Households selected to participate in the pilot project will receive $500 per month for one year, according to the city. There will be 5,000 low-income households in the pilot project.
Eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must be a resident of Chicago.
- Applicants must be 18 or older.
- Applicants must have experienced economic hardship due to COVID-19.
- Applicants must have a household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level.
Only one candidate per household can be entered into the lottery, depending on the city. The program is intended to help people — especially low-income residents — with financial support as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
More information is available online. The program will be administered by GiveDirectly, a non-profit organization.
Interested residents can register online for program updates.
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