Montgomery County, Md., weighs guaranteed income pilot, which would give recurring cash payments to 300 families

Montgomery officers first obtained a briefing on assured earnings in 2019, across the time when the idea of common primary earnings, backed by Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, entered the nationwide stage. The county’s division of well being and human providers was researching methods to implement a assured earnings pilot in Montgomery when the coronavirus arrived, sickening greater than 82,000 county residents and inflicting vital financial hardship in susceptible communities.