In today’s rundown: A funding freeze for some Virginia nonprofits. | And a Grantee Partner discusses the best ways to determine how much money workers need to find economic security.
— State funding for some Virginia charities has been frozen in recent months, reports The Washington Post. “The January ruling from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) that the state constitution bars grants to private charities threatens funding for a number of groups that have long relied in part on state money to fight child abuse, help AIDS patients and counsel low-income pregnant women.” (Hat tip to Washington Grantmakers Daily.)
— “‘We’re … interested in people moving up the ladder so that they are at a place where they can meet their basic expenses and they can save a little bit to prevent them from ever falling back into poverty,'” Shawn McMahon tells NPR. McMahon is the research director for Wider Opportunities for Women, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner. WOW just released its Basic Economic Security Tables index, which shows how much workers need to attain economic security.