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Nonprofits and regional providers ask Essex supervisors for modest increases, project support
Summary
At the March 4 budget work session, behavioral-health, aging, transit, education, cultural and social‑service providers described local service levels and asked Essex County for modest funding increases or project grants, with no decisions made at the meeting.
Multiple outside agencies addressed the Essex County Board of Supervisors on March 4 seeking continued or increased support as the board works through its FY27 budget.
Amanda Campanola, executive director of Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Behavioral Health, told the board her agency delivered more than 28,000 services to 358 Essex residents and asked the county to provide the local 10% match required by the state performance contract — a sum staff identified as $63,962 for FY27, an increase of $2,149 over the prior year. "We delivered more than 28,000 services to 358 Essex residents," Campanola said, highlighting a mix of crisis, recovery and prevention services.
Bay Aging (Tinsley Goat, CFO) requested a 3% increase to its county allocation to cover rising labor and insurance costs and detailed how county dollars leverage…
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