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Butterfly Bridge director details services, asks county leaders to consider funding

3299524 · May 14, 2025
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The director of Butterfly Bridge described forensic interview and trauma services for child abuse victims in Chilton County, shared caseload and cost figures, and invited commissioners to tour the center and consider a budget request.

Jenna Zawelski, director of Butterfly Bridge, told the Chilton County Commission that the child advocacy center provides forensic interviews and trauma-focused services to children and families at no cost to recipients and asked commissioners to consider continued local support.

Zawelski said local government funding makes up about 4.5% of Butterfly Bridge’s overall budget for its offices that serve Chilton County, Elmore and Autauga, and that the center is nationally accredited. "Local government funding makes up about 4.5% of our overall budget here in Chilton County," she said. She told the commission the center provided…

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