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Amanda Kyle Shaw describes breadth of CAP services as Greenburgh prepares a $16,000 funding resolution
Summary
Amanda Kyle Shaw, speaking to the Town Board by Zoom, outlined a range of community services — weekly food distributions, senior deliveries, emergency bill assistance, shelters and victim services — and confirmed a pending town resolution to provide roughly $16,000 in annual support for listed services.
Amanda Kyle Shaw, who identified herself for the record as a local CAP-agency representative, told the Town Board at its May 6 work session that her office provides a wide array of direct-assistance programs for Greenburgh residents.
"Our office in the Theodore de Young Community Center on the 2nd Floor, we provide services energy share to help households pay their bills," Shaw said, and added the agency runs drives for prom attire, winter coats, toys, furniture referrals and employment referrals.
Shaw told the board the agency operates a weekly food distribution every Thursday that serves "over 150 families" per distribution and that volunteers make deliveries to approximately 88 seniors. She estimated the agency serves "over 500 families" each year.
Board members asked how residents can be referred and whether the agency serves only certain neighborhoods. Shaw said the agency serves the entire town of Greenburgh and noted some programs, such as the Energy Share energy-assistance program, operate countywide. She described partnerships with Westchester Residential Opportunities, United Way, the Office for the Aging and local Departments of Social Services and workforce-investment offices.
A board member noted a pending town resolution to provide about $16,000 in funding (similar to prior years) tied to an attached scope of services; Shaw confirmed the agency is providing all items listed in the scope and said pandemic-related reductions (for example, prom-dress assistance) had been restored.
The board asked for a pamphlet or flyer listing the agency's programs so staff and front-desk personnel can distribute information to walk-in residents. Staff and Shaw agreed to prepare printed materials for the town office.
Next steps: the town will place the funding resolution on next week’s agenda for formal consideration.
