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Salina Grace asks city to maintain $90,000 operating grant for 2026
Summary
Salina Grace told the City Commission its expanded shelter and resource center served hundreds over the past year and asked the city to keep its 2026 operating allocation at the same $90,000 level to support shelter operations and new hygiene services.
Salina Grace asked the Salina City Commission on June 9 to hold its outside-agency operating grant steady for 2026 so the nonprofit can continue shelter and resource-center services in the downtown area.
The request matters because Salina Grace recently moved into an 18,000-square-foot facility at 315 South Broadway and said city funding supports daily shelter operations and partner services that reduce incidents that trigger emergency responses. “This past year your support has helped us shelter 92 men, 35 women and 4 kids during the wintertime,” Chad Young, executive director of Salina Grace, told the commission as he outlined the group’s use of city support. Young said Salina Grace served about 16,000 meals last year and averages 50…
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