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In response to an Inquirer request regarding a $250,000 grant the department decided not to renew, the department replied in a statement that the multi-service center was among 52 applicants and that 26 were selected. The Philadelphia center “did not rate high enough to be competitive in that group,” the department said. It did not specify how the center failed to be competitive for a grant it had won previously.
On top of the loss of that funding, a $550,000 earmark grant will expire June 30. The chance of its renewal vanished when Rick Santorum, its sponsor, lost his Senate reelection bid last year, Lowry said.
Making things worse for the center, state funding has dwindled over the last decade from $272,000 to $155,000 in the next fiscal year.
Before the cuts, the budget for the multi-service center, including transitional-housing facilities, was $3.2 million, with about 85 percent from federal sources.
“We have no guarantees we will have an employment and training program beginning in July,” Lowry said.
