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 ...

CHICAGO — Cook County officials have announced a guaranteed income program that will give some families $500 a month. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the Cook County Promise ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County officials announced Wednesday a pilot guaranteed income program which will send monthly payments to residents. The program will serve 3,250 residents, who will get ...

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 ...

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 ...