YWCA, YRDC, and BOCES

"Allowing valuable county programs to cut back or close while considering expanding the county jail is a failure of leadership of our public servants in the County Legislature. Allocating funds for the YWCA, YRDC and BOCES would demonstrate that our electe"

"Please look to fund these programs! In Orange County we have proved that this can be successful! Lower taxes and lower crime rates. Truely, anything less is uncivilized."

"I agree with the petition"

"Money should be used for purposes that promote positive places in the community to thrive."

"Please keep these organizations open and available."

"Please reopen these non-profits!!"

"Our county must provide emergency assistance to sustain the youth services that will reduce the crowding of our jails. And the county must lobby our representatives in Albany and Washington to prioritize youth services over tax cuts for the richest 1% of "

"we need these programs! please fund the ATI's we have and the ones we need more of, not the jail expansion!"

"I have worked for several years with YMCA and YWCA programs, through which I have come to recognize how important these programs are. Children need a safe place to go to and the effects on their development are immeasurable. The benefits of these programs"

"We support the emergency funding of the YWCA, YRDC, and BOCES. It is a shame to let these long established institutions disappear. All nonprofit institutions have great difficulty in the current atmosphere."

"Please do not close our valuable community centers!"

"These are important community organizations and they must stay."

"Please properly fund these programs. They are the community's backbone."

"please save YWCA, YRDC & BOCES"

"I believe these programs help the community in valuable ways. They are essential if we wish to see improvements in the conditions of the poor and less fortunate in Dutchess County"

"Please reconsider"

"as a local citizen i would hope that our elected officials would have more foresight than to close longstanding institutions that have more than benefited the community, at the expense of adding on to an institution that is only repsonsible for more oppre"

"These agencies and their programs are essential to the life of our community. Please guarantee their proper funding."

"The YMCA is an invaluable resource for communtiy members in the Poughkeepsie area. These families rely on the outreaches and services to help thrive and flourish in order to strengthen themselves. I can only hope that all efforts will be made to ensure th"

"Save the programs for youth!"

"YRDC, YWCA,BOCES serve popu;ations very much in need in our county that are served by no one else. They help children and adults gain confidence and become productive individuals giving back to their community rather than being a drain on it. Do not cut m"

"Don't close!"

"Bring back social services!"

"Don't let Dutchess County down. These resources are important for future and current generations."