Fort Scott agrees one-year funding for Core Community program, asks for review
The Fort Scott City Commission approved a one-year funding award to Bourbon County Core Community to support its wraparound anti-poverty program, with a stipulation for a one-year review and progress report; the program requested funds to support a paid coach position.
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Deanna Betts, community liaison for Bourbon County Core Community, asked the Fort Scott City Commission for city support to expand the nonprofit's wraparound program that helps families exit poverty. Betts described a two-phase curriculum, volunteer "core friends," and a paid coach who provides crisis management and recruitment; she said the program graduates participants and tracks outcomes.
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