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Local nonprofit Safe Connections urges county funding; commissioners point to contract option and competitive process

3759631 · June 11, 2025
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Shannon O’Connor, executive director of Safe Connections, told the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners on June 10 that local funding is essential to the nonprofit’s court-ordered supervised visitation and safe-exchange services.

Safe Connections’ executive director Shannon O’Connor urged Okaloosa County commissioners June 10 to consider continuing local funding for the nonprofit’s court-aligned supervised visitation and safe-exchange services, telling the board the program “protects children and strengthens families.”

O’Connor said Safe Connections provides supervised visits and exchanges ordered by the courts and that local funding is essential because the…

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