Create an eNews account to receive notifications about ARISE, the City’s Guaranteed Income Pilot. There are hundreds of topics to choose from.  Select “Guaranteed Income Pilot” under Health and Human Services.

See the ARISE One Year Brief and the Interim Report at the one-year mark of the guaranteed income pilot.

Participant Stories:

See the latest updates from ARISE at the six-month mark in the guaranteed income pilot. 

Meet two ARISE participants and learn how ARISE is affecting their lives.

The first of 24 ARISE disbursements has gone out to all pilot recipients.

Thank you to all who applied for ARISE. We really appreciate you taking the time to complete the application. We received over 4,000 applications, and all participants randomly selected to receive the monthly payments of $500 have been contacted and enrolled in the program. If you have not been contacted, you have not been selected to receive the monthly payments.

You may still be contacted to be in the control group where you will have the opportunity to receive financial incentives for participating in surveys, but you will not receive the guaranteed income monthly payment of $500. Please note that a research fellow will notify control group members. ARISE program staff are unable to tell you whether you have been selected to participate in the control group, as we do not have access to that information. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

If you are in need of financial or other assistance, please see the resources that DCHS and the community have for help with childcare, healthcare, food, utilities, employment and job training,  and more.

Starting December 13, 2022, we are contacting ARISE applicants who have been randomly selected to participate in ARISE. We will be contacting the 170 randomly selected individuals through phone, email, text and we will mail a letter, depending on which forms of contact information applicants provided in their application. This process will take some time, and if you haven’t been contacted yet, it doesn’t mean you have not been randomly selected to participate. We will post a message here when we have completed the notification process. In the meantime, please answer all incoming calls, texts and check your junk and spam email inboxes.

If you are in need of financial or other assistance, please see the resources that DCHS and the community have to offer for help with childcare, healthcare, food, utilities, employment and job training,  and more.

The City of Alexandria received 4,149 applications during the online application period between October 31 and November 9, 2022. Next, Abt Associates will review submitted applications to remove duplicates and check eligibility requirements before they randomly select 170 ARISE participants from the verified applications. In December, DCHS will notify the selected applicants to participate in ARISE and conduct one-on-one onboarding of participants. Applicants not selected to participate in ARISE will receive an email notification. Applicants can also check the ARISE homepage for updates on the notification process. ARISE participants will receive their first checks by February 2023.

The application is now closed and we are no longer accepting applications.  The 170 randomly selected applicants will be notified by email, text and phone during the month of December.  If you have not heard from us yet, it does not mean you have not been chosen. We will post another message once all 170 participants have been notified. If you are in need of financial or other assistance, please see the resources that DCHS and the community have to offer for help with childcare, healthcare, food, utilities, employment and job training,  and more.

The ARISE application is available here from October 31 at 9 a.m. EST through November 9 at 11:59 p,m., 2022. Get information about eligibility, how to apply and where to get help completing an application.

Join the live ARISE public information session, today, Tuesday, October 25 from 7-8 p.m. Learn more about the guaranteed income pilot study, the application and get answers to your questions. English, Spanish, Amharic and Arabic.
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The ARISE application will be available at alexandriava.gov/ARISE on October 31 through November 9, 2022. The application is not available before those dates. Applications can only be submitted online. There are no printed paper applications. Before October 31, consider taking the ARISE screening to find out if you meet the requirements to apply. Please see the ARISE Frequently Asked Questions for eligibility requirements and to learn more.

If you are eligible to apply for the ARISE lottery and need help filling out the application, several locations will be available to you. Public application sites offering assistance are planned for locations across the city. Dates, times and locations will be posted at alexandriava.gov/ARISE October 24. 

If you need internet or computer access to complete an application, all public libraries offer these conveniences at no charge. 

The Department of Community and Human Services is finalizing details of the research study component of ARISE with research firm, Abt Associates.  We will be releasing information about ARISE program details, the application period and more in mid-October! DCHS is partnering with the non-profit and faith-based community across the city to help spread the word.  In the meantime, check out this eligibility screening tool, available in English, Amharic, Arabic and Spanish, to see if you qualify for ARISE.

DCHS and ACT for Alexandria partnered with 10 community organizations to interview potential
applicants for the guaranteed income pilot. Applicants were asked about their households, financial situations, how they might use a cash payment, and interest in the pilot. See a summary of the data that as obtained.