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Budget committee backs $51,000 in emergency-assistance allocations, including $5,000 for United Way Waypoint pilot
Summary
Woodford County's budget committee recommended an amended emergency-needs resolution that allocates $20,000 to Bluegrass Community Action Partnership, $25,000 to the Woodford Foundation, $5,000 to United Way of the Bluegrass and smaller amounts to local providers; it also clarified funds may be distributed via nonprofit partners or directly through fiscal-court applications and can support flood survivors.
The Woodford County budget and finance committee on Monday recommended an amended emergency-needs resolution that directs local emergency funds to several nonprofit partners and clarifies that the county may also distribute aid directly for flood survivors.
Under the amended language read to the committee, allocations include $20,000 to Bluegrass Community Action Partnership, $25,000 to the Woodford Foundation, $5,000 to United Way of the Bluegrass, $2,000 to the Woodford County Food Pantry, $2,000 to the Salvation Army and $2,000 to The Station. The amendment to section two makes clear funds "may be distributed consistent with established policies, applications, criteria, and protocols related to verifiable emergency basic needs" or directly through the fiscal court for flood-related assistance.
Patrice Muhammad, vice president of community impact at United Way of the Bluegrass, described a proposed Waypoint Center pilot that would station a United Way staff person at the county health department one day a week to provide in-person, case-managed referrals to local nonprofits through 211 and the organization's referral network. She said the county's $5,000 request would fund roughly 100 hours of staff time for coordination, mileage and promotion during the pilot; United Way is separately considering a Ride United transportation pilot in other counties but said that was not part of the $5,000 request.
The judge explained the emergency fund additions respond to rising basic-needs demand in the county—"food, utilities and shelter"—and cited increased client volume at the food pantry and requests from local service providers. The committee voted to recommend the amended resolution to the full fiscal court (motion by Squire Varner; second by Squire Taylor).
