Nonprofits present FY‑26 funding requests to Northumberland County as budget season continues

Presentations from a slate of health, human‑service and education providers dominated the April 2025 special call of the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors as outside agencies sought continued or increased county funding for fiscal 2026.

Legal Aid Works, Bay Aging (including Bay Transit), a Free Health Clinic, Rappahannock Community College, the Northumberland Public Library and the Northumberland Family YMCA each summarized services provided to county residents and outlined budget requests or related asks.

The requests combined program metrics with specific funding asks. James Bridal, managing attorney of the Taffy Hanning branch office of Legal Aid Works, said the two‑attorney office covers seven counties including Northumberland and asked the board for $9,056 in county support. Bridal said Legal Aid Works “is the only agency in this area providing these services” and told the board the office had assisted 31 Northumberland residents in the last fiscal year. He also said the agency’s three offices obtained “over $418,000 for our clients throughout the 17 counties that we serve.”

Tinsley Goad, chief financial officer for Bay Aging — the Area Agency on Aging and Community Action Agency — requested a 3% increase over the FY‑25 appropriation, which Goad said would bring the county allocation to $16,701 for FY‑26. Goad described Bay Aging’s services as divided into health, housing and transit and reported Bay Aging served “nearly 1,600 residents of Northumberland in 2024,” providing…