Excel is a partnership between the City of Durham and StepUp Durham, a workforce development agency focused on employment training, placement and retention services for individuals with challenges to employment.
We believe that ongoing direct cash payments can have the dual effect of stabilizing families and stimulating the local economy; that families are best positioned to know their needs and cash transfer programs that come with no strings attached give families the agency they need to address them; and that a guaranteed income is part of a wider set of policies needed in our country to address rising income inequality.
Durham, NC. Annual Household Income Mean. The guaranteed income pilot launched during a period of dynamic change and economic challenges for pilot participants. The chart below situates this pilot in the context of unemployment and inflation. The data in this pie chart shows aggregate spending for guaranteed income participants in Durham, NC. This includes all non-cash expenditures from the participants' bank accounts, not just those that are from the guaranteed income they received.
Retail sales and services accounted for the largest share of spending, at Guaranteed Income Pilots Dashboard. Open main menu. View on Global map of experiments. Pilot concluded in Share Via. Age of Respondent 41 Avg. Children in Household 1 Avg. Household Size 3. Economic Context for Pilot Participants The guaranteed income pilot launched during a period of dynamic change and economic challenges for pilot participants.
Pilot Timeline. Spending Breakdown. Spending breakdown Retail sales and services accounted for the largest share of spending, at It Works Every Time. View All News. Site by Hyperobjekt.
