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WFA | Oct 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama President and CEO Melanie R. Bridgeforth to Step Down in 2025

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Grants | Jun 2024

To help the economy, an Alabama county is betting on home-based child care

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Philanthropy | Jun 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama leader helping to shape the new face of philanthropy

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Advocacy | May 2024

Ivey signs child care tax credit bill: What it means for Alabama’s working families

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Advocacy | May 2024

Lawmakers approve workforce tax credits

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Advocacy | May 2024

Working families set to benefit from Alabama childcare tax credit after approval from lawmakers

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Advocacy | May 2024

Historic Alabama Child Care Tax Credit Bill Clears Final Legislative Hurdle

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Advocacy | May 2024

Alabama child care dilemma means lost work, bankruptcy: ‘Just trying to survive’

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Advocacy | Apr 2024

Alabama leaders say tax credits could help shortage of affordable child care

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Advocacy | Apr 2024

Alabama House committee passes child care tax credit bill

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Philanthropy | Apr 2024

Childcare training program underway in Tuscaloosa

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Advocacy | Apr 2024

Committee debates workforce tax credit bills

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Advocacy | Apr 2024

Melanie Bridgeforth: The urgent case for child care

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Advocacy | Mar 2024

Lawmakers propose bills offering childcare tax credits for businesses, parents

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Advocacy | Mar 2024

Op-ed: Affordable childcare keeps us ‘working for Alabama’

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Advocacy | Mar 2024

State Sen. Gudger: Child care is the industry that keeps Alabama working – it’s time to invest in it

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Grants | Feb 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama awards $1.2 million in grants in 2023

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Advocacy | Feb 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama holds Capitol Heels Advocacy Day

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Grants | Feb 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama awards $1.2 million to accelerate economic opportunities

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Research | Feb 2024

Women’s Foundation of Alabama shares how lack of accessible childcare impacts state’s workforce

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Research | Jan 2024

Alabama, national leaders strategize childcare access at annual Women’s Foundation research event

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Research | Jan 2024

Women’s Foundation event to focus on child care as ‘essential resource’ for workers

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Events | Jan 2024

Chamber CEO, Ainsworth to address child care at foundation event

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Research | Jan 2024

The Business Case for Child Care

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WFA | Dec 2023

Women’s Foundation launches ambitious Watershed Campaign

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Philanthropy | Dec 2023

Calhoun, Wallace community colleges offer programs for females only

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Philanthropy | Nov 2023

Shelton State highlighting women getting Commerical Driver’s License, Similar Certifications

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Philanthropy | Aug 2023

Women’s Foundation of Alabama Announces Statewide Grant Cycle to Accelerate Economic Opportunity for Women

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WFA | May 2023

Women’s Foundation of Alabama Announces New Headquarters, Culminating Two-Year Anniversary of Statewide Expansion

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Events | Apr 2023

Women’s History Month 2023

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Report Released to State Legislature to Address Alabama’s Gender Workforce & Wage Gap
Research | Feb 2023

Report Released to State Legislature to Address Alabama’s Gender Workforce & Wage Gap

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WFA | Jan 2023

Sustaining Our Future: WFA Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

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WFA | Jan 2023

Women’s Foundation of Alabama Launches into 2023 with Diversified, Statewide Board of Directors

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WFA | Dec 2022

365 Days of Expansion: 2022 In Review

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WFA | Dec 2022

Alabama Civic Leader Honored for Lifelong Committment to Gender Equity

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WFA | Jun 2022

Our Mandate is Clear

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WFA | May 2022

State’s Leading Voice on Women’s Economic Issues Sounds Alarm for State and Local Leaders with Release of Economic Impact Study

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Advocacy | Feb 2022

Women’s Foundation Releases 2022 Agenda for Women

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Advocacy | Jul 2021

Congrats! Inaugural class of Fellows graduates from Women’s Policy Institute

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WFA | Mar 2021

Women are our own saviors. And we always have been.

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