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Nonprofits present funding requests; commissioners press for transparency and oversight
Summary
A series of nonprofit and quasi‑governmental organizations — including WAVI, the Humane Society, Children’s Home Society and Complete Health — presented funding requests and program descriptions; commissioners pressed for financial transparency, consideration of in‑kind county support and clearer metrics tied to county dollars.
At the July 15 meeting several outside agencies presented program summaries and asked the county for continued or increased funding. Commissioners used the presentations to signal priorities for the upcoming provisional budget and to request clearer financial documentation.
Key presenters and requests - Working Against Violence (WAVI): Linda Schroll, WAVI executive director, asked the county to fund a portion of a case manager embedded at the Public Safety Building (request: approximately $47,000 to cover two‑thirds of the position) and to continue disbursing domestic/divorce fee revenues to the agency to support 24/7 services. WAVI said it is the county’s emergency shelter for domestic violence and served 2,752 survivors in 2024. - Humane Society of the Black Hills: New executive…
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