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Council approves $94,968 grant to Lead for Life after questions about vendor listings and oversight
Summary
The council voted 4–2 to accept nearly $95,000 in FY26 community reinvestment funds for Lead for Life, but several members pressed the local management board on vetting, oversight and why outdated facility names appeared in the application.
The County Council approved resolution 99‑2025 on July 15 to accept $94,968.80 in FY26 community reinvestment and repair funds for Lead for Life, Inc., but the vote followed detailed questions from council members about vetting and program oversight.
Stephanie King, director of the Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children (the local management board), told the council Lead for Life has been a vendor on other local programs and the resolution corrects an earlier paperwork error on the awarded amount. "Lead for Life actually has been our vendor in other programs," King said, and she described established monthly…
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