Media Advisory

October 27, 2022

Contact: Julie Mullen, ARISE Coordinator
Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS)
City of Alexandria
703.946.1457
julie.mullen@alexandriava.gov

Alexandria Recurring Income for Success and Equity (ARISE) is the City of Alexandria’s guaranteed income pilot study. ARISE will provide a $500.00 monthly payment to 170 randomly selected participants for 24 months. This will allow the City to test a bold new way to learn how a regular cash disbursement can impact the economic stability and wellbeing of low-income residents, when they are able to make their own decisions about how to spend the money. 

The ARISE application will go live online at alexandriava.gov/ARISE on October 31 at 9 a.m. EST and will close November 9 at 11:59 p.m., 2022. City representatives and community partners will gather for the kickoff, including Kate Garvey, Director, DCHS; Dr. Khan, Executive Director, Neighborhood Health; Courtney Riggle-van Schlagen, Director of Behavioral Health and Family Services, Neighborhood Health; and members of Alexandria City Council.

Monday, October 31, 2022
Time: 9-9:30 a.m. 
Neighborhood Health at Casey Health Center
1200 N Howard St, Alexandria, VA 22304

Special Instructions: Park in the free Inova parking lot across the street on North Howard and walk on the sidewalk past the entrances for the ER and Outpatient Surgery. Casey Health Center is the one-floor building beyond that.

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This media advisory is available at alexandriava.gov/go/4089