The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham has announced its latest grant winners, with eight nonprofit organizations receiving a total of $140,390 to improve women’s economic security in the Birmingham area.
This marks a 75 percent increase in the grants awarded by The Women’s Fund last year.
Balch and Bingham LLP hosted a ceremony on Jan. 15 to honor the grant recipients.
The Alabama Partnership for Children’s TEACH Early Childhood Scholarship program was awarded $25,000. The organization gives scholarships to 10 single women working in the early care and education field.
Childcare Resources’ job readiness and childcare program received $25,000 to help provide residents of Pathways with childcare while they take college classes.
Children’s Aid Society’s Project Independence received $16,000 to provide economic support to homeless young mothers.
Cornerstone Schools received $24,390 to provide 12 single mothers with tuition assistance for their children.
Gateway’s Going for the Gold program got a $10,000 grant to provide debt management services.
Impact Alabama’s SaveFirst Program also got $10,000 to help train college students to provide free tax preparation to low-income residents, primarily women.
A $10,000 grant went to New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church Community Support childcare program to provide childcare for single women enrolled in higher education or job training courses.
The Salvation Army’s Keys to Success program received $20,000 to assist working single women and their children with getting permanent housing.
Jeanne Jackson, president and CEO of The Women’s Fund, said the fund’s collaborative efforts are based on feedback from community listening sessions and data presented in the fund’s new report, Stepping Up for Women’s Economic Security.
“We heard over and over that a variety of factors must align–childcare, job training, transportation, housing–for a woman to successfully attain higher wages,” she said.
