Community Foundation of Utah

Just read an interesting piece in a small newspaper in North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Times explored the impact of federal stimulus on local npos - and the hangover that is likely to result.

The  Western Carolina Community Action, in just oen example,  received about $3 million, for Head Start, health care, building greener communities through updating low income people's homes and updating their medical data software and - perhaps most important;y - not l;ayign off the teachers that work directly with the community's low income children

But now what?

North Carolina - just like Utah - has seen a serious downturn in its economy and reduced state revenues. Their legislature, just like ours, is slashing the very programs that the stimulus funds were meant to save.  There are no real plans to replace these sources of revenue in the future... Will we see three year olds pulled from classrooms? Will individuals step up? Will the investments made in communities be withdrawn? Stay tuned here -- or just read the Tribune.