Washington Area Women's Foundation

Spotlight on Poverty's Weekly Roundup

The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 12/3/2010: A profile of a program that helps low-income single mothers with scholarships, health care and other services.  Plus, a health program that will benefit 300,000 low-income women.

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Here’s this week’s news:

•    The Sacramento Bee reports that as many as 300,000 low-income women are expected to benefit in 2011 when the California Department of Public Health reopens a health program that was shut down earlier this year due to a shortfall in state funding.

•   The Arizona Republic highlights the work of Helping Hands for Single Moms, a program that has provided scholarships, computer and auto repair, health care, and other services to low-income single mothers since 2001 .

•    Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence announced that it was awarded a $250,000, three-year grant by the federal Office on Violence Against Women to pay for additional transitional housing for homeless domestic violence survivors in Boulder County, according to the Daily Camera.

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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity team