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Local nonprofits outline rising needs for youth programs, senior meals and re-entry supports
Summary
Thornhill Education Center, the Wanda Joyce Robinson Foundation and the Capital City Activity Center described expanding services, new grants and significant funding gaps—most notably a six-figure shortfall for senior meal programs—asking the Fiscal Court for help and partnerships.
Leaders from three Franklin County nonprofits told the Fiscal Court on Sept. 11 that program demand and recent grant changes have produced urgent funding and partnership needs across education, youth mentoring and senior services.
Kelly Anderson, executive director of Thornhill Education Center, described long-running GED and ESL instruction, jail-based classes, an expanding family literacy initiative and a new drone-certification grant for middle-school students. "We are here to make things better for them with education," Anderson told…
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