Chicago giving out $500 payments in new cash assistance program
CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than 4,000 Chicagoans will soon get a little extra cash in their pockets.
The city's Resiliency 2.0 Cash Assistance Program is taking applications for the first round of $500 cash payments to each of 4,00 eligible Chicago residents.
The first round of the program aims at helping caregivers of adults, or households with adult children or other family members, who were excluded from federal relief payments in 2020, including COVID-19 relief funds.
If you claimed adult dependents in 2019, apply at chicash.org.
Your household income must be at or below 300% of the federal poverty level:
2022 Federal Poverty Guidelines Chart (effective January 12, 2022)
# Persons in household | 300% FPL |
1 | $40,770 |
2 | $54,930 |
3 | $69,090 |
4 | $83,250 |
5 | $97,410 |
6 | $111,570 |
7 | $125,730 |
8 | $139,890 |
Add $4,720 for each person in household over 8 persons
The application process for the first round of the program closes on Dec. 9. Undocumented immigrants and domestic workers will have a separate application process that opens in late December.
The Resiliency 2.0 Cash Assistance Program program will have multiple rounds of applications for various groups. In total, city officials said there will be payments to approximately 25,500 people.