Urbana increasing social services budget; Champaign reducing

URBANA – When it comes to funding social service agencies that help the needy, Urbana continues to outpace its bigger neighbor, Champaign.

This coming fiscal year, Urbana expects to allocate $300,000 toward social service grants. That's an increase of $12,000 compared with the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

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