MoCo BOOST

MoCo BOOST Guaranteed Income Pilot

BOOST stands for “Building Our Opportunity and Strength Today”

Montgomery County’s Guaranteed Income Pilot was an initiative to provide $800 a month to 300 Montgomery County households for 24 months.

This pilot was made possible through a public-private combination of County funding and a million-dollar private investment by the Meyer Foundation. The pilot, which launched in 2022 and concluded in 2024, included 100 households recently served by the Montgomery County Homeless Continuum of Care and 200 participants with at least one child/dependent who had previously sought assistance from the County during the COVID 19 pandemic.

MoCo BOOST participant Daquan shares his story and reflects on what receiving MoCo BOOST support has meant to him.

Introduction to MoCo BOOST

To learn more about MoCo BOOST Pilot participants and outcomes, see the following reports from The Urban Institute:

Montgomery County Guaranteed Income Pilot: Participant Outcomes at 18 Months (September 2024)

MoCo BOOST GI Pilot: Participant Characteristics at Enrollment

To learn more, visit MoCoBOOST.org