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Family Services of Davidson County to cut two programs

Family Services of Davidson County is shutting down its clinical counseling and youth services programs as the agency faces financial challenges.

In a Facebook post, Family Services officials said cutting back on the programs was intended to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organization.

The nonprofit’s decision was not based on federal cutbacks.

The Hattie Lee Burgess Home, which offers 24-hour temporary residence for domestic and sexual assault survivors, will remain open.

The youth services program emphasized wellness and non-violence. Last week, Davidson County’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Council issued a request for proposals for programs designed to address behavior problems and reduce delinquency.

The closure of the two Family Services programs is effective June 30.

 

Paul Garber is a Winston-Salem native and an award-winning reporter who began his journalism career with an internship at The High Point Enterprise in 1993. He has previously worked at The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The News and Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal, where he was the newspaper's first full-time multimedia reporter. He won the statewide Media and the Law award in 2000 and has also been recognized for his business, investigative and multimedia reporting. Paul earned a BA from Wake Forest University and has a Master's of Liberal Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in Lewisville.

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