Bus tour aims to spread resources
In September, civil rights, government and educational organizations plan to start a bus tour of Georgia.
The purpose is to learn the financial and health needs of the state’s poor before helping them.
Fer-Rell Malone, Sr. worked for the U.S. Census Bureau from 2008 to 2010. During that time, he learned rural communities, with less population than urban cities, miss out on resources.
“Because of the Census count, so much funding goes to a community,” said Malone. “Well, I didn’t see that funding getting down to the people on the other side of the track.”
However, he says rural communities can get resources that aren’t tied to population trends. Malone says those resources include funding for costly medical, food and housing expenses.
“If we give them the options, then it’s left up to them as to whether they choose them,” said Malone. “But, a lot of people don’t know what’s available. People don’t that all these things are available and as a result they suffer.”
Malone heads the Southeast Georgia chapter of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He’s raising $250,000 to travel across Georgia to determine what services poor people need. His partners include the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the Morehouse School of Medicine and the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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