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Outside agencies present funding requests at Amelia County budget workshop; cross-jurisdictional homelessness and housing proposals discussed
Summary
Representatives from regional planning organizations, the CSB, social-service providers and business-support organizations presented FY26 funding requests at the Amelia County budget workshop, including a Crossroads request that reflects a state-mandated local match and Steps' separate requests for operating funds, one-time preconstruction support for a regional supportive-housing project and funding for a newly opened domestic-violence shelter.
Representatives of outside agencies appeared at the Amelia County budget workshop to brief the Board of Supervisors and request local funding for their fiscal 2026 operations.
Commonwealth Regional Council and regional economic organizations: A representative of the Commonwealth Regional Council described current work supporting localities on comp plans, water-supply planning, grant writing and other services and said the council sked member counties for dues at unchanged levels ($19,000 per county, per the submission). The speaker also described Virginia—ntities forming a new Virginia's Heartland Regional Economic Development Alliance; speaker materials listed a per-capita membership formula of $2.50 and an estimated Amelia County share of $33,368 for FY26 if the county chose to join the alliance.
Crossroads (Community Services Board): Crossroads representatives explained the county's obligation under the state funding model for community services boards and said county contributions are calculated as a share of a 10% local match allocated across participating counties by each county nd usage. Crossroads provided usage figures and said Amelia—ounty's FY26 request (based on Crossroads llocation methodology) is roughly $44,712; presenters noted that the state and federal funds cover the majority of Crossroads' budget and that local funding leverages those larger amounts.
Steps (regional social services / housing provider): Steps representatives outlined three separate requests. First, a regular appropriation request (their FY26 operating request) of approximately $15,012. Second, Steps described a regional supportive-housing development planned on roughly 50 acres at the Israel Hill site (a historically significant property), reporting private donations and land purchase financed with about $957,000 in private funds; Steps asked county participants for a one-time preconstruction/construction support contribution and described a recommended contribution of $25,000 (other small counties had agreed to that level), with options to phase that amount across multiple years. Third, Steps detailed newly opened domestic-violence and sexual-assault shelter services (Madeline's House) and requested $11,000 to support the program; presenters said the shelter had already sheltered families and stood up a 24/7 hotline and forensic support for victims.
Longwood Small Business Development Center (SBDC): Dana Knott, Longwood SBDC regional director, presented the SBDC's FY26 local request and program work in Amelia and the adjacent region. Knott said the SBDC keeps the local ask at $4,000 (described in the presentation as 30¢ per capita) and highlighted one-on-one consulting, market-research help for site selection, demographic and consumer-spending profiles, workforce and innovation supports, and a new Seed Innovation Hub in Farmville that will provide makerspace and prototyping resources for entrepreneurs.
Other agencies: The Board also heard from or discussed the Food Pantry, Brightpoint (formerly Central Virginia Health District/health department support), local veterans groups, Piedmont Soil & Water, MedFlight and other small nonprofits that had submitted requests. Board members and staff noted inconsistencies and incomplete records in last year pprovals and asked staff to confirm previously approved amounts before finalizing FY26 recommendations.
Ending: County staff said they would circulate full request materials, audits and comparative funding histories to the board and would include the agencies in forthcoming budget work sessions so supervisors can provide guidance before appropriations are recommended.
