In its 2026 budget, Cook County set aside $7.5 million to carry the guaranteed income program beyond the pilot, becoming one of the first local governments in the country to commit ongoing funding.

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

Good news has arrived for thousands of low and middle-income families residing in Cook County, Illinois, the second most populous county in the United States. The authorities have confirmed the ...

Cook County received $1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds in 2021. After distributing $800 million of those ARPA funds to 73 community programs and spending nearly $200 million on county ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County's Guaranteed Income Pilot program will start accepting applications Thursday. People in the program will be paid $500-a month for two years. Their household income must be ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Children’s Museum will be expanding its family-based drop-in cooking programs, thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Nissan Foundation. The Kidz Cook program ...

A Cook County program implemented during the height of the pandemic to provide legal and financial support to landlords and tenants behind on their rent has dramatically slowed down the eviction ...