Sacramento County OKs ‘Guaranteed Income’ Pilot Program for Some

A Sacramento County pilot program will offer “guaranteed income” for one year to Native American and African American families at risk of losing their children to social services. The program—which starting in July will provide $725 per month to families for a limited time—will receive $2.5 million from the state through California’s Family First Prevention Services, created to promote “child safety and well-being,” with services that help prevent kids being stripped from parents who cannot afford their care, according to a staff report in the supervisors’ online meeting agenda. Sacramento County submitted a plan in April 2023 to the California Department of Social Services to take advantage of the funds—the first county in the state to do so—according to the county’s Director of the Department of Child, Family and Adult Services, Michelle Callejas....