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Local shelter warns federal grant freezes threaten transitional housing; seeks community support ahead of "Jail and Bail" fundraiser
Summary
Hope's Wings told the Madison County Fiscal Court that federal grant freezes have jeopardized transitional housing supports; the shelter urged community fundraising ahead of a "Jail and Bail" event and challenged the fiscal court to raise $1,500.
Jennifer Lanehart, executive director of Hope's Wings, told the Madison County Fiscal Court on April 8 that the shelter’s third-phase transitional housing program faces possible collapse because of recent federal grant freezes.
Lanehart said a transitional housing grant that normally provides support for placing survivors into permanent housing — described in the meeting as a $400,000 award spread over three years — was…
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