Sitka nonprofits fear economic, social setbacks of deep state budget cuts - Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW

The Family Resource Center on the Sheldon Jackson College campus. (Photo courtesy of Youth Advocates of Sitka) Governor Mike Dunleavy wants to deal with the state’s $1.6 billion dollar spending deficit with deep cuts to education, Medicaid, and other social services. As the full extent of the proposed cuts become known, many are beginning to assess their effect on all Alaska institutions, even those that don’t rely on state funding. Last week, the Sitka campus of the University of Alaska Southeast invited local organizations from the health, education, and nonprofit sectors to talk about those impacts. In part two of a three-part series revisiting that forum, KCAW’s Enrique Pérez de la Rosa reports on how the nonprofit sector will be affected by the governor’s lean budget. https://www.kcaw.org/2019/04/19/sitka-nonprofits-fear-economic-social-setbacks-of-deep-state-budget-cuts/