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Nonprofits and advocates urge Cuyahoga County to protect health and human services in tight budget
Summary
At a Nov. 12 budget hearing, shelter and child-welfare providers and advocacy groups told the finance committee cuts to health and human services would harm vulnerable residents and urged restoration of specific programs and funds, including $1.2 million in services cited by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry and preservation of MetroHealth subsidy.
Dozens of witnesses addressed the county’s recommended budget during public testimony on Nov. 12, asking council to protect funding for health and human services and programs serving unhoused residents, kinship caregivers and families.
Michael Searing, chief program officer at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, told the committee the draft budget would create a sizeable shortfall for the organization’s Lakeside campus shelter operations because prior contracts and one-time ARPA funding had masked ongoing costs. Searing…
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