The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is taking the lead on creating the positive ripple in this community. Our commitment is to lift the pressing issues facing women and girls to the top of the community’s awareness and to break the cycle of poverty.

• 43% of female-headed households in Atlanta with one child have an income below the minimum budget needed for a family of that size. 61% of single women with two children earn below this level. (Status of Women in Atlanta: A Survey of Economic, Demographic, and Social Indicators for the 15 County Area, May 2007)
• In Atlanta, the single female-headed households are growing at a faster rate than two parent households. Atlanta experienced a 43% increase in the last decade alone. This is 12% higher than Atlanta’s total household growth and 17% higher than the national average. (Status of Women in Atlanta: A Survey of Economic, Demographic, and Social Indicators for the 15 County Area, May 2007)
• Today’s girls are a critical investment for tomorrow. Yet, the graduation rate for females in the state of Georgia was just 63.8% last year. (Diplomas Count 2008)
• The poverty rate for children born to teen mothers who have never married and have not graduated from high school is 78%. Georgia has the 8th highest teen birth rate in the nation. (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Annie E. Casey Foundation – Kids Count 2008)
• Atlanta is the poorest city in the U.S. for children – more children in Atlanta live in poverty than in any other city. (Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless)

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