The Women's Fund invests $285K to support women moving beyond poverty.
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The Women's Fund invests $285K to support women in their move beyond poverty

The Women's Fund is proud to announce our 2015 grant recipients. Nine organizations received a total of $285,000 to support programs that improve women's economic security and help end the cycle of intergenerational poverty in Greater Birmingham.

 

"The strength of The Women's Fund is leveraging the support of our community to empower women," says Jeanne Jackson, President and CEO. "Hundreds of donors came together last year to help more women and their children move beyond poverty and into economic security. Our 2015 grants will create long-lasting change and provide job skills, affordable housing, matched savings, and childcare - all vital for financial independence. The generosity of so many creates a brighter future for women and children in Birmingham."
"The generosity of so many creates a brighter future for women and children in Birmingham."

 

A ceremony to honor the grant recipients was held at Renasant Bank on January 27, 2015. 

 

Programs funded include:

  • T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Scholarship Program (Alabama Partnership for Children) provides scholarships to 10 single women working in the early care and education field.
     
  • Supplemental Child Care Program (Childcare Resources) offers childcare subsidies for working mothers enabling them to afford necessities such as food, clothing, housing and medical care.
     
  • Project Independence (Children's Aid Society) increases young homeless women and their children's access to sustainable living incomes by providing economic and educational support.
     
  • Helping Single Moms Succeed (Cornerstone Schools of Alabama) provides tuition assistance for mothers of Cornerstone students completing school or job training programs.
     
  • Forever Home (First Light, Inc.) quickly houses homeless women and their children while offering wraparound social services and diminishing financial support over one year.
     
  • Permanent Address (Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity) offers affordable, secure housing for low-income female heads of households in our community. Housing consists of new construction or rehabilitated formerly bank owned homes with Habitat financed mortgages at no interest. This program is made possible by a grant from the office of the Alabama Attorney General as a part of the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement.
     
  • Job Readiness in Childcare (Jefferson State Community College and St. Clair Head Start) is a collaborative program that provides clinical medical assistant training for single mothers of children in St. Clair County Head Start to improve their economic security with a transferable, credentialed skill to assist them in job placement.
     
  • My Home (The Salvation Army) helps women move into permanent housing by providing utility deposits, rental deposits, furniture, etc. The program also helps them stabilize their economic security for the long-term by matching them with other educational and economic opportunities. 
     
  • Individual Development Accounts (United Way of Central Alabama) support matched savings for education and homeownership. These funds provide the community match for the federally supported Individual Development Account Program. Women can save up to $2,000 to be matched 2:1 with $4,000 to go towards first-time homeownership or higher education. This program is made possible by a grant from the Office of the Alabama Attorney General as part of the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement.