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Carroll County supervisors hear FY27 funding requests from local nonprofits
Summary
Four local nonprofits — Family Crisis Centers, Elderbridge Agency on Aging, RSVP and the Pericot Historical Society — presented FY27 funding requests Dec. 1; supervisors asked clarifying questions and were told funding helps leverage federal and state grants. County staff said the overall county budget will be finalized early next year.
Carroll County supervisors heard funding requests Dec. 1 from four nonprofits seeking local support for fiscal 2027 programs, with presenters saying modest county contributions multiply into larger regional and federal funding streams.
Tracy Feathers, director of development at Family Crisis Centers, asked the board to continue a $6,000 contribution the center has received in past years. Feathers said the organization serves 31 counties and that its FY operating budget is about $3.75 million; she told supervisors the center answered more than 46,000 crisis hotline calls last year and provided in-person services to more than 2,000 people. “It does cost $1,030 to serve one client,” Feathers said, and she reported the center assisted 27 Carroll County clients who required at least one night of hotel or placement assistance last year.
Emily Winger, director of Lifelong Links at Elderbridge Agency on Aging, asked the board for $3.30 per older adult in Carroll County for FY27. Winger said Elderbridge delivered $347,147 in services to Carroll County residents in FY25 on $17,798 in county support, describing that as a roughly $19.50 return in services for every county dollar. She also noted state and federal funding for Elderbridge has fallen from pandemic-era levels, and that demand now exceeds available funding, requiring wait lists for some services.
Stacy, who represents RSVP (the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program), requested level funding of $9,000 and said that county support helps leverage a $122,500 federal grant and nearly $15,000 in state funds. She described RSVP programs in Carroll County — including a PenPal school program and the long-running Speak Up public-speaking program — and stressed the program’s reliance on local volunteers and private fundraising to cover program costs.
Barbara Ackbridge, president of the Pericot Historical Society, returned later in the meeting to describe maintenance and programming needs after the board circled back to her item. Ackbridge detailed repairs to a basement and a schoolhouse roof, restoration work on a log cabin, acquisitions for the society’s barn collection and public programs such as a ghost-town tour. She requested $5,000 for FY27, up from $4,000 awarded the prior year.
Supervisors asked presenters for clarifications about leverage and program reach. County staff reminded the board the formal county budget is expected to be finalized in February and that these funding requests will be considered during that process. No formal appropriations were approved at the Dec. 1 meeting.
The board’s next procedural step for county finances was to set a public hearing on a separate budget amendment for Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m., which staff outlined during the meeting.
