State Legislature Supports Period Product Funding for 6th Straight Year!

When the Georgia State Legislature adopted the budget for the state’s fiscal year 2025 (FY25), it was the sixth straight year lawmakers included funding in the state budget for the purpose of providing period products in public schools and at local county health departments. Educating legislators about the need for this funding has been a core pillar of Georgia STOMP’s work since our inception. Funding for schools insures students are in the classroom and ready to learn at their maximum potential. Period product provision via the Department of Public Health (GaDPH) enables menstruators to be present in the workplace thereby improving the state’s economy. 

Currently, state funding is $1.5 M for the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). The funding is allocated based on the number of 5th – 12th graders at each public school in the state of Georgia. School level funding is totaled by school district and the money is relayed from GaDOE to each district. Local officials then choose whether to distribute funds to schools for school level purchasing, or period products bought in bulk and then distributed to schools.

FY25 also contains $350,000 for GaDPH to distribute menstrual discharge collection devices (MDCDs) via local county health departments. Each county health department can order MDCD’s from the GaDPH until the funding is exhausted.