California Budget Crisis Creates Financial Crunch For Central Coast Non-Profits

In Santa Maria, California, KSBY-TV Channel 6 reports:

• The budget situation in Sacramento is causing problems for some nonprofit service providers on the Central Coast. Good Samaritan Services is a nonprofit that helps the homeless and needy in Santa Maria. However no budget, means no funding, and fewer programs for those who need help now more than ever. For Good Samaritan Services in Santa Maria, functioning without a state budget means program cuts could be on the way. "We're here to really serve those who are in need and it would be devastating," Executive Director Sylvia Barnard said.

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• The current is not helping, shelters are packed with people facing foreclosure and families with nowhere else to go. "We actually have more and more families coming through our doors than we've ever seen before, so the economy is really effecting the services we provide," said Barnard.

For more, see State budget crisis creating tough times for nonprofits on the Central Coast.