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MATCHING FUNDS TO INLAND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA UNITED WAY FOR GUARANTEED
INCOME PILOT PROGRAM
Economic Development, Placemaking,
and Branding/Marketing Committee
April 26, 2023
City Manager’s Office
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2 BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
Wrap
Around
Services
Affordable Housing
Rental/Food Assistance
Workforce
Development
Digital Divide
Guaranteed Income
Economic
Security Now
and for Future
Generations
Enable Everyone to Succeed
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3 CITY OF RIVERSIDE DEMOGRAPHICS
53.50%
English
Only
46.50%
Another
Language
Languages at Home Race
Asian, 8.80% Black or
African
American,
5.90%
American
Indian and
Alaska
Native,
0.80%
White,
48.30%
Native
Hawaiian
and Other
Pacific
Islander,
0.40%
Some
other
race,
25.90%
Identify as two
or more races,
10.00%
Data from American Community Survey (5-year estimates)
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4 STOCKTON DEMONSTRATION
“SEED” launched early 2019
• Families received $500/month
f o r2 4m o n t h s
• Spent money on essentials
• Recipients found full-time employment
• Recipients were healthier, showing less anxiety and
depression, and enhanced well-being
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5 • Guaranteed Income (GI) Pilot Program
grant opportunity announced July 2022
o Provides unconditional, individual, regular
cash payments intended to support basic
needs of recipients
• Inland Southern California United Way
(ISCUW) received $5 million grant award
o 1 of 7 pilot programs statewide
o Grant requires 1:1 matching funds
CA DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES GRANT
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6 • Established in 1931
• Originally United Way of the Inland Valleys
• Serves over 1 million low-income people each
year
• Already successful in implementing financial
assistance models
INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNITED WAY
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7 1. 500 people in first or second trimester of
pregnancy
2. 150 youth aging out of extended foster
care program (turning 21 years of age)
WHO WILL GI PILOT PROGRAM HELP?
29,000+ eligible pregnant individuals & 1,600+ eligible transitional age youth (TAY) in Riverside County
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8 1. Decrease burden of new costs during
first year of life
2. Increase opportunities for transitional
age youth (TAY) without support
systems
WHAT ARE THE GOALS?
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9 HOW WILL IT WORK?
Eligibility
•P r e g n a n t participants
identified and referred
by verifying agencies
•T A Y identified from
County list of foster
youth
• Application period using
AidKit app
• ISCUW provides
technical assistance and
offers counseling
services
Disbursement
•P a r t i c i p a n t s chosen
through lottery
•I S C U W authorizes
AidKit to begin
disbursements
Data
•I S C U W works with
AidKit to collect data
•C a s e management
follow‐up
• Effectiveness study
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10 18 monthly payments of $600
• Total $10,800 per
participant
• Begin May 2024
HOW MUCH ARE THE PAYMENTS?
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11 WHO IS ALREADY PARTNERING?
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12 • ISCUW was awarded $5 million grant and is required to provide $5 million in matching funds
o First 5 Riverside County - committed $2.5 million
o Cohort of private donors – committed $300,000
• City can contribute $1 million matching funding to
partner with ISCUW
o Matching funding is available from interest accrued
on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds
HOW MUCH COULD THIS COST THE CITY?
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13 Strategic Priority 2 – Community Well-Being
Goal 2.4 - Support programs and innovations that enhance community safety, encourage neighborhood engagement, and build public trust.
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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14 That the Economic Development, Placemaking, and
Branding / Marketing Committee:
1. Receive a presentation and discuss matching funds to Inland Southern California United Way for a grant-funded Guaranteed Income Pilot Program; and
2. Recommend that City Council approve $1 million in
matching funds from interest accrued on American
Rescue Plan Act funds to Inland Southern California
United Way for a grant-funded Guaranteed Income Pilot
Program.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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