Woman Inc. received a $10,000 grant from Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Veritex Community Bank as part of their Partnership Grant Program (PGP).
PGP grants help qualified nonprofit organizations fund a variety of operational and administrative activities critical to serving their communities.
Michaelle Wormly, executive director of Woman Inc., says funds will support case management, helping Woman Inc. clients “improve their education and skill levels to overcome barriers to finding higher-paying jobs.”
In 2022, FHLB Dallas awarded $400,000 in PGP grants and its members provided an additional $158,985 for an impact of $558,985 in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
Women Opting for More Affordable Housing Now, Inc. (WOMAN, Inc.) is a not-for-profit corporation organized as a community housing development organization with the express purpose of developing affordable housing opportunities for women. Women of domestic violence who are referred through one of the domestic violence women’s centers in the Southeast Texas geographic area make up the target population for these housing opportunities.
