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Local nonprofits ask supervisors for level or increased funding to sustain services
Summary
Representatives of mentoring, legal aid, library, food-access and domestic-violence organizations urged the county to keep or raise funding for their programs, describing client counts, returns on investment and program impacts in Spotsylvania County.
Several nonprofit leaders and representatives addressed the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors during the budget hearing, requesting level funding or modest increases to continue services that serve county residents.
Gordon Duncan, a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Fredericksburg, thanked the board for proposed level funding of $3,000 and asked supervisors to raise the allocation to $3,300. He told the board the program costs about $2,000 per mentoring match annually and cited an evaluation claim that mentored youth have better long-term economic outcomes. (Gordon Duncan, board member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Fredericksburg.)
Anne Kloeckner, executive director of Legal Aid Works, requested level funding and described the agency's regional reach: three full-time and one part-time attorney covering five counties and 15 courts.…
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