WABE's Week In Review: MARTA bucks Dickens and Georgia's aged-out foster kids missing out on money

Malik Johnson, 23, didn’t know he might have been eligible for federal help paying the rent on his apartment in East Point, Georgia. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

MARTA moving forward …

Bail project shutting down…

Pay bump for Waffle House employees…

Also in this episode…

–Emily Wu Pearson reports on local environmental groups calling on the Atlanta Regional Commission to challenge the city of Atlanta’s plans for its controversial public safety training facility.

–Juma Sei brings us an update on the finalists for the Atlanta Public Schools superintendent job.

–Melissa Feito has more on how utility crews throughout Georgia are preparing now to respond to fallen trees and downed power lines ahead of a potentially active hurricane season.

–Molly Samuel tells us why supporters of Atlanta’s South-View Cemetery are applying to get it listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

–Julien Virgin brings us to a summer camp at Morehouse College that is connecting Black youth to the values and cultural heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.