Childcare + Education
= Economic Mobility
Nana Grants pays for childcare so that single mothers can attend college and job training.
40% of Georgia’s low-income working families with children are headed by single women.
When we talk about lifting families out of poverty, we must acknowledge that most of these families include children who require childcare while parents work and go to school.
Single mothers with only a high school diploma are three times more likely to live in poverty as those with college degrees. For every dollar a single mother invests in an associate’s degree, her family gets back $16.45 in increased earnings.
Without childcare, HOPE is out of reach for low-income parents.
Georgia’s HOPE Scholarships make college free for many Georgia residents. But without childcare, education remains inaccessible to the families who would most benefit from these scholarships.
No matter where you attend a technical college in the state of Georgia, child care can cost up to three times more than tuition and fees.
Student parents achieve higher grade point averages (GPA) than other students.
Though many student parents enroll in college, the added responsibility of caring for children makes it more challenging to complete a credential. Graduation rates for student parents are lower than for non-parenting students. These rates are even lower for single parents. Most student parents lack extra financial resources. Most work, but single parents have higher levels of unmet financial need than their peers and hold more student debt. Despite these challenges, student parents earn higher grades in general. One-third of student parents have a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Each Nana Grant covers 100% of the cost of childcare through graduation for low-income student mothers attending an accredited college, university or approved job training program in Georgia.
Nana Grants removes the uncertainty of continuous, quality childcare from the equation so that student mothers can focus on their studies, graduate and have a rewarding, well-compensated career.
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Our Donors
Bank of America
Bennett Thrasher Foundation
Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation
Cobb Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Central Georgia
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia
David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund
Gas South
Goodwill of North Georgia & SNAP E&T Matching Donor Partnership
Gwinnett County Community Development Program
Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust
J&A Engineering
Junior League of Atlanta Fund
Merancas Foundation
Molly Blank Fund, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Narendra Shankar Giving Fund
Nordson Foundation
Ron and Lisa Brill Charitable Trust
SlumberPod
The Imlay Foundation
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
Truist United Consulting
United Healthcare
The Waterfall Foundation
W. Wayne Woody Piedmont Foundation
