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East Point unveils ‘Empowered by Getting Ahead’ pilot; human services reports housing and poverty gains
Summary
City staff described a pilot cohort and ongoing rapid-rehousing work, saying the human services office housed 315 people and helped about 1,250 avoid homelessness since 2021; council members asked about program length and partnerships.
Yolanda Johnson, the city’s Community Social Services Manager in the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Empowerment, told the East Point City Council on Feb. 3 that the department has launched a pilot called “Empowered by Getting Ahead” and is tracking multiple measures to move residents toward self-sufficiency.
The pilot began Nov. 7 and enrolled 25 families; Johnson said the program will run through March and that about five or six families left the cohort by choice. “We assigned them a support coach,” Johnson said. “We divide the residents up, and these are our partners because we want people to feel empowered.”
The presentation gave council members an overview of recent data and program activity. Johnson said East Point’s 2022 population was about 38,100, the median household income rose to $59,006 from about $50,000 in 2021, and the city’s poverty rate has fallen from roughly 28% a decade ago to about 19.8% in 2022. Since…
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