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Turning Point describes services and rising demand as funding shrinks; commissioners pledge support
Summary
Turning Point, Mason County’s state-certified domestic violence provider, summarized services, client outcomes and reported state funding cuts; the nonprofit said last year it answered 4,152 hotline calls and sheltered hundreds, while commissioners praised the group and discussed local support.
Meg, identified in the meeting as executive director of Turning Point, told the Mason County Board of Commissioners about the nonprofit’s shelter and services for domestic-violence and sexual-assault survivors and urged continued community support as state funding declines. “Last year, we responded to 4,152 hotline calls,” Meg said, and she described a client — called Joy in the presentation — who stayed in shelter for 137 days and later moved into housing supported by the organization’s…
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