HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — At the beginning of the year, Harris County launched a program to provide low-income families a monthly cash payment of $500 for 18 months.
Only 1,900 families from the eligible ZIP codes would be selected.
On Tuesday, we learned more than 82,000 people applied, which means only 2% of those people will be selected for the Uplift Harris program.
How will recipients be selected?
About 70% of the people who will get the money will be randomly chosen from the Uplift Harris applications but the rest will be selected from another program.
"Around 30% of those individuals will be participating or coming from our Access Harris County program," Robinson said.
A big reminder from Harris County leaders is that the program is not operating on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Where does the money come from?
Uplift Harris is funded with $20.5 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which was passed to help struggling Americans recover after the pandemic caused an economic crisis.