The National Institutes of Health has partnered with Tulane University and forty-two churches in the New Orleans area to start a five-year study to address hypertension in the black community. A grant of $7.6 million has been donated to train church wellness coordinators to work with church members to start early conversations about disparities in […]
The National Trust for Historic Preservation says that their program, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), distributed more than $3 million in grants to fund the protection and preservation of forty African American historic sites this year. According to AACHAF, the fund is the largest U.S. resource dedicated to this effort. Since being […]
Google introduced its Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry program in April 2021. The program is a collaboration with non profits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. Earlier this month, Google announced its Grow with Google for Justice-Impacted Communities, which provides a fund to assist organizations that provide […]
NC Governor Roy Cooper has announced a new plan to give over $800 million to child care programs in North Carolina. The North Carolina Child Care Stabilization Grants, come from funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act. The grants are intended to support working families and assist them in gaining access to high-quality, affordable […]
In February, President Barack Obama announced an initiative to respond to the economic, employment, and educational disparities that young men of color face as they enter…
