Nonprofit agencies find it tough to meet growing needs
By Julie Wurth
Friday November 28, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Amalio Diego-Juan of New Prairie Construction works on the ramps at the new Center for Women in Transition house in Champaign. The center is one of many social service agencies suffering financially this holiday season.
Like most economic news of the day, the statistics are gloomy.
A 59 percent increase in people served by area food pantries, and a 20 percent drop in national food supplies. Nearly 270 school-age children homeless in Champaign County, even as day-care centers report vacancies because families can't afford to pay. More than 100 homeless women turned away from a local shelter, with demand up 50 percent over a year ago.
Even as the economy worsens, driving more families into crisis, nonprofit agencies find themselves unable to meet the need.
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