HUNTINGTON â Cabell County funding may be in jeopardy for a Lesage organization after it was not included in recent levy votes.
Green Acres Regional Center/Lesage Natural Bottled Water, an organization that employs people who are intellectually disabled, has received a Cabell County levy since 1982, according to the organizationâs director. It was not on the ballot in 2020 with other levies because the organization missed an application deadline.
Two representatives from Green Acres spoke during the public comments portion of Thursdayâs Cabell County Commission meeting. Devin Slone, the executive director of Green Acres, and Matt Muller, sales and distribution manager, both highlighted the benefits of the organization during the meeting and invited commissioners to visit the facility.
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Individuals and small businesses can register for the free conference at www.rcbi.org/healthcareexpo.
Derek Scarbro, RCBI director of business development, said previous expos were win-win situations for participants, enabled several small businesses in the region to secure new contracts with large companies while helping those large companies find goods and services at competitive prices closer to home, resulting in reduced costs and a shorter supply chain.
“It can be difficult for small businesses capable of supplying goods and services to connect with large state companies,” Scarbro said. “Our expos bridge that gap while helping create new business-to-business relationships.”
increases political oversight and control over rules promulgated by local health boards. The bill requires a 30-day public comment period for new or amended rules and authorizes county commissions to approve, disapprove, and even amend such health rules. Where there is joint control over a health department, such as between a municipality and a county, but only one of those entities approves a new or amended rule, then such rule would be in effect only in the approving jurisdiction. The bill would not affect existing rules, unless such are amended by the health department. Finally, the bill requires local health departments to come under the control of the state health officer during a state of emergency in that county. Certain healthcare related citizens groups, including clean indoor air advocates, have expressed opposition to the bill and may ask the Governor to veto it.
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Most people who don’t work in the nonprofit community in West Virginia are unfamiliar with the Neighborhood Investment Program. The NIP is a program of the West Virginia Development Office and provides a limited number of tax credits to nonprofit organizations to use for fundraising.
Here’s how it works: Nonprofit organizations apply to the Development Office for these tax credits. Organizations that are awarded tax credits are provided a specific number of credits to use for fundraising for their approved program. Those tax credits are then given to donors (individuals or corporations) that make a gift of $500 or more to the organization for the approved program. Most participating organizations give 50% tax credits to each donor.