Women for Women Grants

Spring 2008

Three grants totaling $280,321 have been awarded to the following organizations:

Children First - $95,000 to advocate for social changes - including a living wage and equitable child care subsidy - that will improve the lives of low-income women.
Planned Parenthood - $96,781 for an education program that teaches older, at-risk teen girls how to educate their peers about topics that include: hygiene, abstinence, teen pregnancy, self-esteem and preventing sexually transmitted infections.
WNC AIDS Project - $88,540 to use peer-to-peer education methods among African American women who are living in poverty so that they may inform and educate each other about the spread of HIV and AIDS.

Five grants totaling $270,000 have been awarded to the following organizations:

Henderson County Public Schools/Coalition for Family Literacy - $66,667 over two years for education services benefiting teen mothers, encouraging them to graduate from high school and learn job skills. The grant will also be used to teach English to Latina mothers.
Homeward Bound of Asheville - $40,000 over two years to transition homeless women from the "Room in the Inn" temporary shelter program into permanent, supportive housing.
OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling (formerly Consumer Credit Counseling Service of WNC) - $35,000 to provide financial counseling to child care workers in Buncombe County, teaching them how to better manage their money, increase take-home pay and decrease dependence on predatory lenders.
REACH of Macon County - $54,810 over two years to help women escaping domestic violence or recovering from sexual assault move from crisis intervention to increased self-sufficiency and economic independence.
Transylvania Christian Ministries - $73,523 over two years to create a transitional housing program for homeless women and their children.

Women for Women announced their inaugural grants in June 2006. A total of $213,000 was awarded to the following organizations:

REACH of Jackson County - $41,604 to launch a new program to help women escaping domestic violence and sexual assault by providing personal life skills and job skills training.
Pisgah Legal Services - $71,396 over two years to create a unique partnership with Mission Hospitals and MAHEC that will provide legal advocacy for women in a medical setting and help strengthen the safety net for women in crisis.
Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice - $100,000 over two years to begin an intensive treatment program for women in Buncombe County who are involved in the criminal justice system and the Department of Social Services.