By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Fresh Start Emergency Shelter officials appeared before the Geary County Commission this week to request emergency funding help for the next five months at approximately $15,000 per month. Commissioners will meet with their finance director to talk about this issue but the challenge for the County is that they only budgeted $12,000 for this entire year and the funding request would be in addition to that amount.
There will be a review to determine if the county may provide more help, but no final decision has been made by the governing body.
Fresh Start is seeking a separate emergency services grant but won't know if it will be funded until July, and if received the money could not arrive until October. Sixty percent of that grant could be used to help fund operations and the remainder for purposes such as helping with rental arrears and security deposits.