Every little bit.....

Some recently received good financial news that wasn't in our original budget:

$10,000 from a Davis County social services block grant to support work with victims of domestic violence and a clinic that will be held at the local shelter.

$5,000 from the Burton Foundation and $7,500 from the Michael Foundation to support the ENROLL project, helping qualifying people apply for public benefits, including Social Security disability benefits.

We negotiated a decrease in the cost of our on-line legal research service Westlaw, a savings of almost $24,000 per year, and we are about to release a meeting schedule for 2012 that calls for quarterly in-person meetings, resulting in some savings in travel costs.

Of course this good news won't offset the $300,000 Department of Justice grant, and we continue to wait for news on our federal LSC dollars, but hey, every little bit helps.

If you have other cost savings ideas, now's the time.  Thanks.