Senators To Meet With Nonprofits As Government Decides To No Longer Fund Them
- Ernice Gilbert
- March 20, 2018
While the Mapp administration continues to paint a picture of an impending boom in the local economy spurred by hurricane recovery work, the reality is that the Government of the Virgin Islands remains cash-strapped, and appears to be barely making ends meet. Liquidity has become so tight that the G.V.I., through the Office of Management and Budget (O.M.B.), decided that it could no longer provide law-mandated funding to nonprofits in the territory, leaving these organizations -- many of them providing essential services to the most vulnerable in the community, including the Women's Coalition, Men's Coalition, Virgin Islands Partners for Recovery and more -- with no clear sense on how to move forward. In a Letter to the Editor piece addressed to The Consortium last week, Carolyn Forno, assistant director of Women’s Coalition of St. Croix, wrote, "Many of the organizations affected by this decision are now forced to figure out a way to continue to serve our community. We are d...
