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Tamworth Select Board hears funding requests from domestic-violence shelter, food pantry and home-health provider
Summary
Three nonprofit representatives asked the Select Board for town appropriations: Starting Point requested $6,357 for local services for victims of domestic violence; Community Food Center asked for $5,000 to restore its previous request level; Lakes Region VNA renewed a $15,000 request for charitable care and home-based clinical services.
Representatives from three nonprofits appeared before the Tamworth Select Board to ask for town appropriations and to explain how local residents use their services.
Rita, a representative of Starting Point, told the board the organization provides “free and confidential services to victims of domestic and ****** violence, stalking, and human trafficking here in Carroll County.” She said Starting Point served 20 Tamworth individuals last year and provided 520 services in town; the group is requesting $6,357 from Tamworth this year. “We never turn them away,” Rita said, describing the shelter and relocation support the program provides.
Maureen Diamond, co-chair of the Community Food Center, asked the board to…
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