2021 “Feminine Hygiene” Grant Funding Timeline

In the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgia General Assembly drastically reduced funding designated for the Departments of Education and Public Health to purchase period products. With elected officials having no appetite for tax cuts in the 2020 and 2021 legislative sessions, Georgia STOMP’s focus became ensuring product availability in schools and at community health departments.

With the Governor’s restoration of funds for the provision of “feminine hygiene products” in his Amended FY21 budget, and data obtained from surveys of Georgia public school nurses, Georgia STOMP successfully worked with bipartisan leaders in the House and Senate to increase funding to the Department of Education to $1.25 million and reinstate the previously eliminated line item for the Department of Public Health, funding at a level of $200,000.