Cohen: Girls Inc. of Memphis Receives Two Talent Search Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Girls Inc. of Memphis has received two talent search grants totaling $610,535. The two grants, one worth $257,769 and the other worth $352,766, will be used to strengthen the organization’s Education Talent Search (ETS) program, which helps low income, first generation college bound students in grades 9-12 develop an awareness for the importance of postsecondary education.

“After school programs, such as Girls Inc. of Memphis, are vital to the education and safety of our children,” said Congressman Cohen. “This new federal funding for the Education Talent Search program will help keep our children off the streets and better prepare them for life after high school.”

For more than 60 years, Girls Inc. of Memphis has offered a variety of programs designed to build girls’ capacity for college preparedness. Their mission is to provide a vision of confidence and self-sufficiency and to provide the means for making the vision a reality for girls, inspiring all girls to become smart, strong, and bold. Since opening in 1946, they have motivated thousands of girls in and around the city of Memphis to pursue postsecondary education.