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Citrus County to use short-term local funds after Nature Coast Volunteer Center loses federal grant
Summary
The county will authorize remaining local matching funds so the Nature Coast Volunteer Center can operate through September while staff seeks alternative grants; commissioners asked for a July update.
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners on May 13 approved using the remainder of budgeted local matching funds to keep the Nature Coast Volunteer Center operating through Sept. 30 after the program’s federal AmeriCorps-related grant was not renewed.
Why it matters: The volunteer center coordinates hundreds of volunteers who serve local nonprofits and runs community programs such as Meals on Wheels check-ins and volunteer recruitment. Grant funding loss would have cut staff and services used by older and vulnerable residents.
County staff briefed the board that the volunteer center previously received an AmeriCorps…
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