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Faulkner County Extension office explains grants-in-aid, voluntary tax and 4‑H staffing pressures
Summary
Faulkner County extension office staff outlined how county grants-in-aid and a voluntary tax interact with state and federal funding, described a hiring freeze at the state level, and requested clarity about how county funds are authorized and used for salaries and programs including 4‑H.
Marybeth Gross, representing the Faulkner County Extension Office, told the Budget and Finance Committee how the office’s funding is structured and where county grants-in-aid and voluntary tax revenues are used.
“County voluntary tax has been bringing in 50 ish, 60 ish thousand dollars a year,” Gross said, describing the scale of local voluntary-tax receipts that supplement state and federal extension funding. She explained that the local appropriation is blended with state Smith‑Lever Act and federal funds to pay staff, utilities and program expenses and that many 4‑H fundraising…
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