OpenResearch Unconditional Income Pilot offered a $1,000 per month unconditional cash transfer for three years to participants between the ages of 21-40 years who had a household income less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Transfers were considered gifts from non-profit organizations and not considered taxable income. Legislation was passed in participating study sites to protect against means-tested benefit loss.
Individuals in households where at least one person was receiving Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance or was residing in publicly-subsidized housing were excluded from participation. The program was evaluated in ten counties in northeastern Texas, including those in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area, and nine counties in northern Illinois, including those in the Chicago metro area.
OpenResearch Unconditional Income Pilot offered a $1,000 per month unconditional cash transfer for three years to participants between the ages of 21-40 years who had a household income less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.