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City to renew $25,000 contract with Agape to support food, housing services
Summary
Agape Community Outreach requested renewal of a $25,000 service contract for 2026; the board advanced and approved the corresponding ordinance (bill 61‑25). Agape said it averaged 400 new people a month and provided housing and food assistance, citing 6,000 visits and extensive local partnerships.
Warrenton — Agape Community Outreach asked the Board of Aldermen for a $25,000 service contract in fiscal 2026 to help sustain the food pantry, housing assistance and job‑training services it provides to families in crisis.
Frankie Schwartz (speaker 18), immediate past president of Agape’s board, said the pantry served an average of 400 new people per month over the last year, made more than 6,000 client visits, and distributed more than half a million dollars’ worth of food (transcript wording: "over half £1,000,000 of food"). She described Agape’s direct services — food assistance, emergency shelter and a job program called Job Star — and a planned mobile pantry in 2026 intended to reach seniors and residents in rural areas without transportation.
Board members asked operational questions about the warming shelter (which opens when regional alerts drop below 20°F), volunteer needs, transportation for shelter guests, and how donors can coordinate in‑kind donations. Agape representatives said volunteers and a volunteer transportation network assist people without cars, and that donations of clothing, gloves and sleeping bags are welcome at the pantry.
City staff included the $25,000 contract as part of the 2026 budget and introduced the ordinance as bill 61‑25; the council approved the bill on the consent calendar (vote 5–0 with 1 absent).
