The staff looked like a crew preparing for the order to abandon ship. And its director, Pat Tomassi, was in danger of losing her job along with everyone else. I'm kind of the captain of the Titanic.
Leases have to be broken, employees and interns have to find new work, furniture has to be sold.
She said that the center had not really had adequate time to make enough of an impact. But it's the policy that the new DSS Commissioner, Kevin Mahon, is pushing forward. I've been networking to try to find them jobs if the center closes. This puts small nonprofits at a disadvantage. It's scary to take the leap when funding is so precarious.