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Providers, parents urge Hamilton County to restore youth-prevention funding amid proposed cuts
Summary
Domestic-violence prevention providers, parents and advocates told Hamilton County commissioners their programs would be sharply harmed by proposed cuts and urged the board to fund prevention contracts at $250,000 rather than the deeper reductions recommended by staff.
Joanna Glover, speaking for the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, told the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 15 that the organization's school-based prevention program reaches more than 2,100 students across 13 county schools and that staff learned a proposed $100,000 cut would reduce the initiative’s reach. "We are asking you to maintain funding at $250,000 through 2027," Glover said, urging the board not to shrink the program.
Kristen Smith Shrimplin, president and CEO of Women Helping Women, described a current county contract of $400,000 that supports prevention work in 25 Hamilton County schools and serves more than 2,000 students. Smith Shrimplin presented financial and programmatic modeling and asked the board to fund the agency at $250,000, saying the…
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