'It does affect your community': Federal funding freezes rattling Oklahoma nonprofits

Community leaders speaking out as federal cuts target Oklahoma nonprofits

Federal funding and grants are on the chopping block for nonprofits and it’s causing community leaders to speak out.

'It does affect your community': Federal funding freezes rattling Oklahoma nonprofits

PAYNE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — Federal budget cuts could be hitting several Oklahoma organizations hard, leaving two groups in Payne County who help domestic violence victims and at-risk youth worried. Janet Fultz is the executive director of Payne County Youth Services, a nonprofit that provides emergency shelter and interventions for Oklahoma kids ages seven to 17. "We provide a lot of mental health and substance abuse counseling across Payne Co…

Still waiting: federal funding in limbo

Leaders at a pair of Cloquet nonprofits that help feed hungry people say they're still waiting on previously approved federal repayments, and that they haven't heard about future rounds of funding upon which some of their food programs lean. Staff at the United Way of Carlton and Pine County Area and at the Salvation Army's Cloquet office are waiting on about $10,000 worth of grant...