No matching grants for Red Cross, Arc of Anchorage, salvation army, or planned parenthood

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No matching grants for Red Cross, Arc of Anchorage

Megan Baldino

Anchorage, Alaska, June 26 - The American Red Cross' emergency assistance program and the Arc of Anchorage's supported parenting program will not be getting any additional money from the city to help fund those programs.

The Anchorage Assembly made its final decision Tuesday night on which agencies would receive matching grants from the city. At the request of the mayor, a task force ranked local agencies and then made recommendations. Twenty-five programs were awarded almost $2 million, but seven programs lost out. Jan Mildenhal with the American Red Cross said the money is essential for disaster relief. She said the agency will now have to generate $35,000 on its own. Other programs not funded include Planned Parenthood's sexual education program and Volunteers of America's restorative juvenile justice.

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Tax payer money given to charity. Here's a charity - ME. If people want to donate, they should donate - we don't need government officials doing it for us.