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Residents urge commissioners to preserve library funding and sustain domestic-violence services
Summary
Multiple residents at the Gaston County Board of Commissioners meeting urged the board to maintain funding for the county library system and to continue financial support for domestic-violence services, citing education, access to technology and life-saving support for survivors.
Several residents used the citizen-recognition portion of the April 22 Gaston County Board of Commissioners meeting to urge the board to maintain or increase funding for the public-library system and to continue support for domestic-violence survivor services.
One speaker who identified themselves by address detailed the scope of services provided by Hope United Survivors Network and the Lighthouse Children's Advocacy Center, and said the organizations provide crisis-response services, shelter referrals, court advocacy, housing assistance and safety planning. The speaker told the board:…
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