Verizon Foundation has selected Anderson Interfaith Ministries to receive a $10,000 grant for its Women and Children Succeeding (WACS) program. WACS provides intensive case management and financial assistance to mothers who wish to return to school, overcome poverty and establish self-sufficiency.
“South Carolina has one of the highest rates of women living in poverty in the country,” said Vernita Boone-Brown in a release. “The Women and Children Succeeding program was built on the philosophy that education is the means to breaking generational poverty for women and children, and this grant from Verizon will allow us to offer assistance to more women this year.”
Anderson Interfaith Ministries provides a case manager to each program participant for guidance, support and accountability. Participants are required to maintain 12 credit hours and a 2.5 GPA, as well as serve one hour of community service for every $100 of support they receive.
“WACS has been AIM’s most successful program to date, and we’re proud to support it,” said Doug Curry, Verizon Wireless leader in Anderson. “Verizon is committed to investing in programs that improve quality of life for residents of South Carolina.”
