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Local youth and community organizations request funding as county considers reopening Nelson Heights center and expanding summer programs
Summary
Presentations from Alcovy CASA, McIntosh Trail Head Start, Washington Street Community Center, TaylorMade Foundation and related partners described FY26 requests and plans to expand after-school, literacy, STEM and summer-camp programming, including a sheriff-supported countywide summer academy proposal tied to Nelson Heights reopening.
Multiple nonprofit and community organizations outlined FY26 appropriation requests and program plans focused on children, families and neighborhood services during the county appropriation workshop.
Alcovy CASA director Lindsay Dicus thanked commissioners for long-standing support and confirmed the group's FY26 request of $15,666, unchanged from the prior two years. Dicus described CASA's role advocating for children in foster care and asked commissioners if they had questions about the organization's application.
McIntosh Trail Head Start manager Cassandra Brooks requested $4,147 (same as FY25) for portable play equipment across three playgrounds and described Head Start's service model, which serves birth through…
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