New program in Georgia will provide low income Black women with extra cash for 2 years
“The program is built to the help Georgians most impacted by poverty. As a result, the funding will initially be available to Black women living in Old Fourth Ward. The Atlanta neighborhood, where Martin Luther King Jr. once called home, has the largest concentration of Section 8 housing in the Southeast, according to data gathered by GRO.
Thirty-eight percent of Black women in Old Fourth Ward live in poverty, compared to 26% of Black men and 8% of white women.
‘Black women face the brunt of economic insecurity in our economy,” Wollensack said. “When we support Black women, our entire community, our state and economy thrive.'”