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Committee backs exploring guaranteed-income and cash relief for wildfire-affected workers; CIFD to report funding options including CDBG reallocations
Summary
The committee reviewed a CIFD report on direct cash assistance for workers affected by the January wildfires and adopted motions that direct CIFD and the CAO to study options (including possible CDBG reprogramming) and return with feasibility and program recommendations.
The Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD) presented options for emergency cash assistance and for a guaranteed-income program to support workers displaced or economically affected by the January 2025 wildfires.
CIFD staff told the committee the department has experience running cash and guaranteed-income programs, and that it can scale a program to match available funding. The department said it had applied for philanthropic grants and a $3 million grant; it also noted that federal funds typically cannot be used for direct cash assistance absent specific waivers, but the department can use city general…
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