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Nonprofit leaders ask Bellevue to boost mid‑biennium human services funding for immigrant communities
Summary
Speakers representing immigrant‑serving organizations urged the council to increase mid‑biennium human services funding and create a rapid response fund for culturally‑specific services after recent immigration enforcement. Councilmembers asked staff to explore options, including using council contingency, and to return with proposals.
Multiple community leaders told the Bellevue City Council on Oct. 28 that immigrant‑serving nonprofit organizations urgently need additional funds to respond to a rise in immigration enforcement and related crises.
Debbie Lacey, of Eastside for All, said the city’s draft mid‑biennium appropriation includes ‘‘no adjustment for human services despite a deepening crisis.’’ Lacey told council the…
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