THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 17, 1995 TAG: 9503170554
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A16 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
Even as agencies supported by the Albemarle Area United Way face a funding crunch, one organization has received news that will allow it to keep its doors open next year.
Kids First Inc., which serves child-abuse victims and their families, had come on hard times last summer when an expected state grant of nearly $50,000 fell through.
But the organization, operating on a shoestring that meant the loss of an employee and sporadic paychecks for its executive director, has been awarded about $70,000 in state Crime Commission money for the coming fiscal year.
``We're going to be limping along until July 1,'' said executive director Cynthia Grafton.
Grafton said the agency has survived on the generosity of local donors, whose $15,000 since July has kept Kids First in operation. by CNB