Sacramento Guaranteed Income Program Opens New Applications | Fostering Creativity for Unhoused Youth | Oak Park Black Film Festival
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Creation District Recording Director Theo Scott-Femenella plays the piano in the District's space in Midtown, Sacramento.
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Some Sacramento County residents can apply to participate in the third round of guaranteed income. Nonprofit fosters creativity for unhoused youth in Sacramento. Second annual Oak Park Black Film Festival.
Sacramento Guaranteed Income Program Opens New Applications
Kirt Lewis, Manager of the Guaranteed Income Program at United Way California Capital Region, discusses the third round of applications for some Sacramento County residents that would give them $500 every month. Residents have until Oct. 31 to apply, and the United Way will start paying 130 eligible households on Jan. 1, 2024. For this round of the program, funding came from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act money along with a donation from the Sierra Health Foundation.
Fostering Creativity for Unhoused Youth
The number of unhoused youth in Sacramento County has more than doubled according to the most recent count of those experiencing homelessness in our area. Many of them are part of the LGBTQ+ community as well as being persons of color, and connecting them to services is the goal of Sacramento’s Creation District. CapRadio’s Education Reporter, Srishti Prabha joins us on Insight today to share how this unique space offers a series of services focused on supporting Sacramento’s increasing number of unhoused people under the age of 24.
Oak Park Black Film Festival
Cassandra Jennings, CEO of St. HOPE, discusses the 2nd annual Oak Park Black Film Festival happening at the historic Guild Theater in Oak Park from October 11-15. We’ll get a preview of the five-day festival, where African-American stories and history are told through cinema– including a special day celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop.