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Warren Coalition director outlines prevention, recovery and youth programs, cites funding gaps
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Krista Shiflett, director of the Warren Coalition, briefed the Warren County Board of Supervisors on the coalition’s prevention and recovery programs, described several grants that fund services, and said some programs face funding shortfalls despite local partnerships and volunteer support.
Krista Shiflett, executive director of the Warren Coalition, presented an update to the Warren County Board of Supervisors on the coalition’s prevention, youth and recovery programs, and described current funding gaps and recent grant awards.
Shiflett told the board the coalition, operating as a nonprofit since 2001 and founded in 1994, staffs nine full‑time and two part‑time employees and runs programs “from birth to death,” including Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library affiliate work, youth prevention curricula, trauma‑informed services, and recovery housing.
She said Halo Read (the local affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library) serves about 403 children and is free to families; the coalition pays postage and fundraising currently covers those operating costs. Shiflett described Project Courage, now in its sixth year, as a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)‑funded program serving students in grades 5–8 who have witnessed or been victims of violent…
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