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Independence Center warns Portsmouth that pause in CDBG funding threatens supports for residents with disabilities
Summary
Nicole Davis, executive director of the Independence Center, told Portsmouth council that an apparent halt in CDBG disbursements risks housing stability and community-based supports for dozens of local residents with disabilities and urged the city to keep funds available to community providers.
Nicole Davis, executive director of the Independence Center in Norfolk, told Portsmouth City Council on April 14 that a pause in Community Development Block Grant funding has already begun to affect services for Portsmouth residents with disabilities.
“My name is Nicole Davis and I’m the executive director of the Independence Center,” Davis said during the public hearing on the CDBG Annual Action Plan. She said the program has served 50 Portsmouth residents with individualized…
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