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Nonprofit Communicare Warns Funding Cut, 250% Lease Increase Would Harm Hundreds of Clients
Summary
More than a dozen speakers urged Cumberland County commissioners to reinstate Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) funds and to reconsider a proposed 250% lease increase for Communicare, citing potential loss of services for hundreds of clients, including youth and people experiencing homelessness or mental illness.
Dozens of residents and partner agencies told the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners they rely on Communicare's behavioral-health services and urged the board to reverse an $86,549 cut to the nonprofit's JCPC allocation and a proposed lease increase that would raise annual rent to $108,705.
Sheila Cuppy, chairwoman of Cumberland County Communicare, said she filed appeals after the JCPC recommendation and asked commissioners to restore funding and reconsider the lease action. "I am concerned that a $250 lease increase along with an $86,549 reduction in funding is disparate treatment of Communicare at the tune of a $153,244 loss," Cuppy said during the public hearing.
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