Individuals who identify as transgender in San Francisco are invited to a monthly stimulation session.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said on Wednesday that applications for the city’s Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) program are now being accepted. This program, which would give 55 transgender city residents $1,200 a month for up to 18 months, is being run by the Transgender District, a section of the city set aside for transgender persons. The full participation of transgender individuals in society is intended as one of the outcomes of this move.
According to the project’s website, Guaranteed Income for Transgender Persons (G.I.F.T.) “will offer economically disadvantaged transgender people with unlimited, monthly guaranteed income as a weapon to tackle poverty our most afflicted community members face.” By working together, the Transgender District, Lyon-Martin Community Health Services, and San Francisco County would be able to provide 55 transgender residents with a guaranteed monthly salary of $1,200. A whole 15 months will be devoted to this course of study. Priority registration will be given to people who are: transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, or intersex (T.G.I. ), people of color, people with disabilities, people over the age of 60, people for whom Spanish is not the first language, people experiencing homelessness, and people younger than 18 who are not U.S. citizens.
According to K.R.O.N. 4, this is the first application of its kind. The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the Mayor’s Office of Transgender Initiatives, the Treasurer and Tax Collector, and Lyon-Martin Community Health Services are the driving factors behind this initiative.
Participants will get a regular, discretionary payout. Through the medium, the Mayor’s Office said that in addition to the temporary funding, the project would also provide “gender-affirming medical and mental health treatment” and financial assistance.
From November 15 to December 15, applications may be submitted online via the website.
The city’s economic recovery and its promise to make the city more equal for all inhabitants, Mayor London Breed told the press, hinge on the city’s Guaranteed Income Programs. Because trans people are more likely to be poor and face discrimination, this program is meant to help them.
The city had previously run a similar initiative when the COVID outbreak had left many local musicians and artists without jobs. According to K.Q.E.D.’s future-gazing, the “Guaranteed Income Pilot” program is scheduled to begin operations on March 25, 2021. Paying 130 artists in San Francisco $1,000 per month for six months was a given.
In an effort to promote “equitable recovery,” Chicago launched a guaranteed income scheme at the start of 2018. The Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, funded with $31.5 million, was announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Brandie Knazze. Under the program, 5,000 Chicago families will each receive $500 monthly payments “to provide additional economic stability” for a year.
To “promote safe and thriving communities and a fair economic recovery from COVID-19,” the Recovery Plan in Chicago includes this initiative at a total cost of $1.2 billion.