The Endowment gave the non-profits New H.O.P.E CDC and United Way of Cape Fear the funds to disperse among families who meet specific income requirements and show evidence of an overdue rent payment or utility bill, or a quote to fix their car. Robert Campbell, CEO of New H.O.P.E CDC, said this year they have $120,000.
The families who receive the funding must have at least one student who attends either D.C. Virgo, the International School at Gregory, Freeman, Snipes, Forest Hills Elementary schools, Williston Middle, or New Hanover High.
Campbell said the families they help typically earn $28,000 a year and are led by single mothers, and this program is another iteration of the work his organization has been doing…