Jun 16, 2009 6:43 pm US/Central
Nonprofits Brace For Pawlenty's Unallotment Cuts
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SAVE is counting on $80,000 in state money for its suicide prevention campaign.
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Among the many groups concerned about how they will come out in the unallotment process are nonprofits.
The group SAVE, is dedicated to suicide education and prevention. They have spent almost $100,000 developing a suicide prevention campaign.
Now they fear they will lose the $80,000 needed to implement the program to unallotment.
For SAVE the unallotment threat comes just as calls for help are up 20 percent.
"The economy is very bad and its overly taxing people, the stress and the toll it's taking on them from all different angles of their life," said Dr. Dan Reidenberg, executive director of SAVE.
The unallotment process has only been used a handful of times in Minnesota history, twice before by Gov. Tim Pawlenty in 2005 and 2008.
In 2005, the governor unallotted $100,000 from SAVE's budget.
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits says all nonprofits are struggling.
"They're going to do less with less. They can't run on air. But they're trying to increase the number of volunteers and some are increasing fundraising," said Jon Pratt, the executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
However, Reidenberg said fundraising is tough these days.
"Corporation giving is down, individual giving is down. If you lose state money or federal money at the same time, it can be devastating to an organization," said Reidenberg.
SAVE is counting on $80,000 in state money for its suicide prevention campaign. Late Tuesday afternoon the organization said its still not sure if its money is going to be cut, the group hopes to learn in the next 24 hours.
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