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Local nonprofits outline services, ask for level funding to sustain shelters, mental‑health and senior programs
Summary
Regional providers — Steps (domestic violence and housing), Crossroads (behavioral health), Piedmont veterans group, PSR seniors, Soil & Water Conservation, SBDC and Virginia Legal Aid — presented services and asked the board for level or slightly adjusted funding to preserve leverage for larger grants and maintain client services.
A string of regional nonprofits and service providers appeared before the Nottoway County Board to summarize programs and ask for level funding that they say helps leverage larger grants and sustain services.
Sharon, representing Steps community action, asked the board to continue level funding and outlined a two-pronged approach to housing and victim services. She said Steps has raised private funds and requested continued county support for a planned micro-home village (10 tiny homes and a community center) and longer-term Israel Hill redevelopment that developers estimate could include up to 450 housing units and a 50‑person childcare center. “We have raised over $915,000 of our own to do that,” she said during the presentation.
Sean Rozier, vice president of empowerment services for…
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