Harris County commissioners have approved a pilot program that will pay a monthly stipend to hundreds of low-income families meet basic needs like groceries, food, and rent.
becomes the first county in the state to offer experimental financial assistance from the COVID stimulus American Rescue Plan Act. FOX 26 Reporter Gabby Hart has more on why the county is growing so quickly.the UPLIFT Harris Program
"Families report improvements to their physical and mental health, being able to spend more time with their children, and a greater sense of self-determination when they are entrusted with the resources they need to build a better life," says Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis. In the Gulfton neighborhood, where some of the money will go, Malcolm Lacy shoots baskets at Burnett-Bayland Park and imagines he'd save the money, but can see how others would benefit.
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