NAACP NEWS
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Jackson-Madison County NAACP Branch P.O. Box 2404 Jackson, Tennessee 38302
Harrell C. Carter, Jr., President NAACP NEWS
January 21, 2020
THE LOCAL NAACP BRANCH SUPPORTS TARGETIVE USE OF TANF RAINY DAY FUND FOR POVERTY STRICKEN FAMILIES WITH SINCERE SENSITIVITY TOWARD CHILDREN The state of Tennessee is withholding significant portions of funds that should be used to help support the high rate of poverty in Jackson-Madison County families. In a report from the Beacon Center, the state of Tennessee is withholding 120 million dollars from TANF (temporary assistance for needy families), in a ‘’rainy day fund ’’ that now totals nearly one billion dollars. The Jackson-Madison NAACP Branch strongly encourage our local state legislators, the Jackson City Council, the Madison County Commission and the Jackson-Madison County School Board to pass resolutions in support releasing these funds for new initiatives in housing, transportation, expanded educational opportunities, etc. so as to allow these families to survive the day. In recent reports from the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the status of Madison County families with children in poverty, the just released United Way ‘’ALICE’’ Report detailing the status of a significant number of our children in need, and our local public education system who reports a very high population of its students coming from homes in poverty and a continuous flow of families that are homeless. The local NAACP would like to partner with all who shares these concerns knowing that It rains every day on poor families in Jackson-Madison County. For More Information Contact: Jackson Madison County NAACP Branch Office 118 North Church Street, Jackson, TN 38301 Contact: Rickey Brown, Public Information Officer, 731-616-7749 (731) 927.7004 Office, (731) 927.7003 Fax or jmcnaacp@att.net, (731.437.6811 cell)
