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York County hears funding requests from YCDC, Blue Valley Community Action and Hope Crisis Center
Summary
York County Development Corporation asked for $82,000 in county support and described workforce, housing and childcare initiatives; Blue Valley Community Action requested $11,388 and highlighted rising homelessness and food insecurity; Hope Crisis Center outlined shelter and hotline volumes and urged continued county support amid federal funding cuts.
At the June 27 meeting, three local nonprofit organizations presented program overviews and county funding requests to York County commissioners.
Lisa, speaking for the York County Development Corporation (YCDC), opened the presentations by asking the board to continue a county contribution of $82,000 — the same amount the county provided the prior year. Lisa highlighted the organization’s 10‑year results including approximately $195 million in investment in the county and about 290 jobs created or retained during her tenure. She reviewed YCDC priorities — workforce development, business recruitment, housing and infrastructure — and described a recently awarded $1 million rural workforce housing fund grant in May that the YCDC is helping to move forward.
Sheri Weber of Blue Valley Community Action presented an impact report showing that Blue Valley served a little over 7,000 clients last year and enrolled roughly 4,000 clients in goal‑setting programs; the county’s population figure was cited at 14,263. Sheri reported increases in homelessness (from 10 individuals in 2021 to 26 this past year in York County), rising food insecurity and the agency’s supplemental senior food program. Blue Valley asked the county for $11,388 — an increase of $392 over last year's allocation — a population‑based formula the agency uses to set county requests.
Carmen Hinman, executive director of Hope Crisis Center, reviewed annual service figures for the shelter and advocacy program covering seven counties: 616 unduplicated victims served, 1,271 shelter nights and over 4,100 hotline calls. She described longer shelter stays due to tight housing markets and cautioned that cuts to federal victim assistance (VOCA) funds have left gaps; the agency requested continued county support and said it is open to contract arrangements or other funding structures.
Commissioners asked follow‑up questions about program budgets, state funding levels and whether agencies could provide detailed budgets to the county’s budget committee; presenters agreed to supply documentation. The budget committee will review the requests as part of the budget process.
