What it means: Each of the listed agencies will receive a donation from the town in the noted amount. The funds raised and donated last year are provided for comparison. This is an “all or none” Warrant Article. If the Article passes, all the listed agencies receive the specified donations. If it fails, none do.
The funding requested is considerably lower than last year, because the Seacoast Visiting Nurse Group and Step Up Parents withdrew their funding requests. The Child Advocacy Center has increased their funding request, but the bottom line is still lower than 2023.
Human Service Agency 2023 Funding 2024 Funding
These agencies shall be required to give a written report at the end of their fiscal year 2024 to the Board of Selectmen highlighting what the funds were used for and what impact the funds had in assisting them to achieve their goals and objectives.
*Note: Gather received $5,000 last year via a separate Warrant Article. Note that if Article 35 is approved by the voters, the donation to Cross Roads House will add $24,000 for a total of $39,000 rather than the $15,000 shown in the chart on the next page. See Article 35 for more details.
Fiscal impact: Cost per $1,000 valuation is $0.039. A household valued at $400,000 would see $15.60 incorporated in the tax bill for 2024. However, since a similar cost has been part of the tax base for some time, there is essentially no increased tax (and in fact a reduction in the tax bill.)