The Los Angeles Community College District launched a new guaranteed basic income program called BOOST to assist students pursuing health careers. The program provides $1,000 monthly payments for one year, aiming to alleviate financial burdens and support the growing demand for healthcare professionals.
If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love LAist’s early childhood newsletter. Every two weeks, you’ll receive top reads and resources on issues affecting families with kids ages 0–5.When Adriana Orea first got an email about the Los Angeles Community College District ’s new guaranteed basic income program, she ignored it.Participants would receive $1,000 a month for one year, and they could spend that money however they pleased, the email said. To Orea, that sounded too good to be true.
The district reached out again, this time to Orea’s personal email. She did some digging to ensure the email was legitimate. And then she applied. Orea became one of 251 students selected for the program, known as BOOST, short for BOOST was made open to students pursuing health careers at four of the district’s campuses: East L.A. College, L.A. City College, L.A. Southwest College, and L.A. Trade-Technical College.The program aims to help meet employer demands for healthcare professionals, while bridging the gap between students’ expenses and the region’s cost of living. Students received the first installment around Thanksgiving. “We really pushed hard for the first payments to reach students in November,” said Kelly King, executive director of the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges. Her organization started the BOOST program, which is funded by private foundations. The timing was deliberate, King added, “right at the end of their fall semester” — and at the start of the holiday season. Her hope is that the payments will “get through finals and into a fresh start to the new year.” Orea, a student at L.A. City College, is working toward becoming a registered nurse. She also has a 2-year-old son. “It can be a little bit overwhelming,” she said. “You really have to budget very, very, very, very, very, very, very well.” Orea has been in the healthcare industry for about seven years, starting as a certified nurse assistan
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