Was wondering if you all knew we have approx. 500 plus homeless children who attend the Lincoln County School District. Im really appalled about this situation. I would like your support and the Yachats City Council to see what we can do to help. Depoe Bay is concerned and I applaud them for what they are trying to do. Heres some info from their meeting last evening. Also would like our good friend and Lincoln County Commissioner Bill Hall for his comments on this situation as he is an advocate for the homless. Heres what Depoe Bay had on their agenda. The council then turned their attention to helping local non-profit “Neighbors for Kids” help more homeless children. Many down and out families live in cars, tents, under bridges and in the woods all up and down the Oregon Coast because temperatures stay within a temperate range. Never too hot, seldom too cold. And there are over 500 homeless children in the Lincoln County School District. Not all of them sleep outside but a good many do. And the city council wants to do more for them. As a result, the council, with strong support from councilors Zeke Olsen, Steve Sparks, Robert Gambino and others, asked City Recorder Pery Murray to create a budget line item in the city’s general fund for Education and Technology for which Neighbors for Kids could apply and help disadvantaged kids. Murray said applications for funds could be legally applied for by any organization that deals in those two academic arenas. State budget rules seemed to stymie the intent of the councilors. They wanted city funds to go strictly and directly to Neighbors for Kids. They asked Murray to report back to them as soon as practical on the line item scenario to funnel funds NFK after school programs.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:39:44 +0000
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