BALTIMORE — There's a new effort to get women and people of color behind the wheel of trucks they own themselves.
Accion Opportunity Fund received a $1.5 million grant from the Truist Foundation.
The money will help women and people of color in Baltimore become first-time truck owners and provide them with down payment assistance so they can start their own businesses.
"Although trucking is a viable path to improving your well-being, owning a truck is costly and Black women like myself often run into barriers to accessing capital. We need to be successful in the trucking industry," said Nicole Ward, President and co-founder of African American Women in Trucking Association.
