Just a year into Tacoma’s Growing Resilience In Tacoma (GRIT) program, the city has received glowing praise for the pilot program’s success and is now looking into ways to expand it statewide over the next few years.
Over 100 lower-income households in Tacoma received $500 a month for 12 months as part of GRIT.
“To restore truth to the idea of the American dream for working families, we must give people what they need to be successful,” said Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards on the GRIT program in a prepared statement. “If we are going to effectively eradicate inequity in Tacoma or in any city across America, then we must
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