The Cunningham Township Board (township boundaries and board members are identical to that of Urbana and the Urbana City Council respectively) discussed social-service funding yesterday. From today's News-Gazette:
Cunningham Township Board reviews proposal for social-service fundingFull article with a breakdown of top recipients and amount budgeted here.
The Cunningham Township Board on Monday reviewed a proposal for distributing $250,000 in social-service funding during fiscal year 2018-19.
Programs that will receive portions of the money have already applied for it. On June 11, the Urbana City Council — made up of the same members as the Cunningham Township Board — will vote on approving a final distribution plan.
Township Supervisor Danielle Chenoweth and Urbana city employees Matthew Rejc, community development coordinator, and Kelly Mierkowski, grants management division manager, created a proposed breakdown of how much each applicant should receive.
The group prioritized service areas including housing/homelessness, employment, health care, physical disabilities, racial equity/immigration and mental health/substance abuse.
"We have a significant mental health care crisis in this community," Chenoweth said.
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