County commissioners are reviewing departmental and outside agency funding requests for the fiscal year 2026 budget, which will shape spending on local services and nonprofits.
March 25, 2025: FY2026 Habersham County budget: departmental budget requests and outside agency funding requests
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The story
As part of its FY2026 budget process, the Habersham County Board of Commissioners reviewed an outside agency funding request from Rape Response, Inc., doing business as Bridging Hope, which asked for $7,000.
A later budget hearings presentation laid out a broader set of departmental and outside agency funding requests for FY2026, including figures ranging from $10,000 up to $2,468,475 across various requests, with one outside agency request listed at $80,000.
What happened
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Amount of Funding Requested for FY2026: $80,000
Amount of funding requested for FY2026: $7,000
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