SAFE Alliance warns disability-focused program at reduced capacity after government funding cuts
SAFE Alliance leaders told commissioners their disabilities program has been "decimated" by loss of government funding, operates at reduced capacity on about $350,000/year from philanthropic funds, and asked the city and partners to consider investments and training support.
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Pierre Barastein, CEO of the SAFE Alliance, and Serena Via, the organization isability project coordinator, described SAFE's disability-specific programming and urged continued local support as federal and other government funding declined. Barastein said the program had lost dedicated government funding and is currently sustained largely by unrestricted philanthropic contributions; he described the program as "decimated" in capacity and estimated the program now costs about $350,000 a year at reduced scale.
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