During talks about the Fiscal Year 2024 budget on June 7, Houston City Council has reached an agreement to provide FREE period products in more than 30 city-run buildings!
Such city buildings will include facilities and multi-service centers where the Houston Health Department helps those in need within the community through a number of services.
Council Member Abbie Kamin first introduced the amendment as an addition to Mayor Sylvester Turner’s new $6.2 billion budget. She later withdrew the proposal after Turner agreed to have the Houston Health Department handle the logistics and put the plan in motion.
It’s not talked about enough. There’s something called ‘period poverty’ where women in lower income brackets often have to choose between food or period products. So much so that local organizations like [the] National Council of Jewish Women do annual drives for period products to gather supplies for people in need.
Council Member Abbie Kamen
According to Kamin, any menstruator who needs a period product will be able to get it themselves rather than having to ask a city worker.
Kamin expects implementation to begin within the next few months 🥳
