[There are] 21 participants in the Mother-to-Mother program, an initiative made possible through a $70,000 grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. The 12-month project targets high- poverty, unemployed mothers who do not have a high school diploma and in many cases test below the eighth-grade level in reading or math.
The goal is for them to earn a GED and WorkKeys certificate, which is an assessment that measures real-world job skills.
“We want to move toward this program model for everything we do,” said Eileen Chepenik, the association’s executive director.