Grantmaking
Asset Building Key to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
As April is National Financial Literacy Month, we want to talk asset building, as an aspect of financial literacy, and the critical role it plays in helping low-income women become economically self-sufficient. In the five-country metro Atlanta area, there are 320,000 women and girls living in poverty, who lack sufficient resources to avoid living paycheck…
Read MorePromoting Women’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Project Exceeds Expectations in Year One
Since 2015, The Atlanta Women’s Foundation has invested $500,000 in the Promoting Women’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Project with the support of the Kaiser Permanente Foundation of Georgia. The goal of the project is to increase mental and behavioral health services provided to women living at or below 200% of federal poverty guidelines (For a…
Read MoreBreaking Cycles of Generational Poverty: Positioning Teen Moms for Success
In recognition of May being Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, we invited current AWF grant recipient Families First to discuss the importance of preventing teenage pregnancy and how it affects the lives of young women and their families. Families First received funding for their TeenAge Pregnancy and Parenting Program (TAPP) as part of our 2015 Spring…
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