StepUp Durham Selected as Administrator of City's Excel Pilot Program

Excel Pilot Program Expected to Launch in Late 2021

At the Monday, August 16 City Council meeting, City Council voted to authorize a contract with StepUp Durham to administer Durham’s Guaranteed Income Pilot.  

With City funding, StepUp Durham will hire a full-time coordinator dedicated to the implementation of this pilot. Through a grant from Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), 115 formerly-incarcerated individuals will be randomly selected to receive an unconditional, cash transfer of $500 per month. The pilot will last one year. 

The objective of Durham’s local pilot is to evaluate guaranteed income’s effects on recidivism and re-incarceration, employment, economic security and income volatility as well as physical functioning, mental health, stress and coping, parenting, housing, and interactions with other institutional systems.