Funding renewed for two Fayette nonprofits

Two Fayette County-based nonprofit organizations will get renewed funding grants from Peachtree City, following unanimous approval from the City Council on Thursday.

Fayette Senior Services, which provides meals, nonemergency transportation and other personal services not offered by the county, will receive $15,000. FSS operates the Life Enrichment Center in Fayetteville and partners with Peachtree City’s Gathering Place.

Promise Place, which provides more than 2,200 individuals per year in four counties with emergency shelter, legal advocacy and other services related to domestic violence, will receive $10,000 from the city. Promise Place also conducts a teen dating violence prevention program for middle and high school students.

Both organizations submitted financial records detailing their annual operating budgets as part of the funding request. mation provided at the Henry County Board of Education’s May 11 study session. The district has formed a steering committee to stay on top of all CARES Act-related developments, and must reserve a proportional share for the county’s private schools.

That amount will be determined at the state level, officials said. ther in response to a considerable amount of feedback during the past month, since it was released for public review and comment a month ago. The revised version of the code will be presented to the board at its June meeting, at which time the board is expected to vote on its adoption.

he school calen ars for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 were approved as scheduled.

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