American Period Poverty: Highlighting Inequity at Home
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| Title: | American Period Poverty: Highlighting Inequity at Home |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Julia E. Lever, Phillip D. Grant |
| Source: | Rural Educator. 2025 46(4):60-68. |
| Availability: | National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Intended Audience: | Policymakers |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Rural Areas, Physiology, Females, Public Schools, Access to Health Care, Puberty, Poverty, Hygiene, Program Budgeting, Program Costs, Attendance, School Policy, State Policy, School Funds |
| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
| Abstract: | This policy brief examines the state of period poverty in rural areas of the United States and calls on policymakers to take action. The authors categorize states based on their approach to funding menstrual products in public schools: (1) those providing direct funding [10]; (2) those with an unfunded mandate [10]; (3) those offering optional application-based funding [8]; and (4) those with neither funding nor a mandate to provide period products [22]. Using data from the National Center of Education Statistics Common Core of Data and locale codes, an estimate is presented showing that ending period poverty in rural schools nationwide would cost approximately $26,537,318. The brief concludes with recommendations for policymakers to ensure that every young woman in a rural America has access to the menstrual products she needs to attend school with dignity. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1490472 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This policy brief examines the state of period poverty in rural areas of the United States and calls on policymakers to take action. The authors categorize states based on their approach to funding menstrual products in public schools: (1) those providing direct funding [10]; (2) those with an unfunded mandate [10]; (3) those offering optional application-based funding [8]; and (4) those with neither funding nor a mandate to provide period products [22]. Using data from the National Center of Education Statistics Common Core of Data and locale codes, an estimate is presented showing that ending period poverty in rural schools nationwide would cost approximately $26,537,318. The brief concludes with recommendations for policymakers to ensure that every young woman in a rural America has access to the menstrual products she needs to attend school with dignity. |
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| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
