Federal Covid aid may go to guaranteed income; Free student transit, Fair Share bill also favored
Orders that could change life significantly for Cambridge’s lower-income residents were approved Monday by city councillors, including a call to put some of the $65 million in federal Covid aid the city is getting into a guaranteed-income program and one that would give all high school students free CharlieCards for bus and subway rides.
Cambridge will test guaranteed income payments with 120 city households led by single caretakers
An initiative will offer $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments via debit card to 120 eligible single caretaker households over an 18-month period beginning in August, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui announced Thursday. Participants in the Guaranteed Income Pilot will be chosen by lottery.
Mourning staff death from Covid-19 is backdrop for a change in how to weigh in-person learning
The December death of school district staff member James “Jimmy” Ravanis moved the risk of Covid-19 transmission from an abstraction to reality for some this week, adding weight to passage of a new method of deciding in-person classes versus remote learning as the pandemic continues.