Friends in Need in Kingsport facing budget cuts

Friends in Need in Kingsport facing budget cuts

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A local nonprofit healthcare provider will be losing thousands of dollars in the new fiscal year, but leaders say they are prepared. Friends In Need, located in Kingsport, will lose $10,000 a month in state funding on July 1st when the 2025-26 fiscal year begins. The money they are losing is leftover federal funding from the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're expecting to lose funding June 30th. So, July 1st - the new fiscal yea…

Local nonprofits combine forces to combat federal cuts - The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA

Before the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, roughly 18% of Santa Cruz County residents lacked health insurance. After it was signed into law, that number dropped to 6%. But as the Trump administration continues to make cuts at the federal level to myriad social services, health care providers and nonprofit officials are worried that many people will lose their coverage and other vital services such as access to food and education. That was th…

Local nonprofits face major cuts in the city’s new budget. They’re warning of potential impacts.

Fifteen-year-old Jameelah Clemmons debuted as a flag-football quarterback on Wednesday night. She plays for Thomas Jefferson High School, whose team has dubbed itself the Vi-queens, a play on the school’s Vikings mascot.It was her first time ever playing the sport, because the game was just recently introduced to Richmond Public Schools high school girls as a free after-school club. “Even though we’re not doing what the boys are doing, like tack…