{"id":92526,"date":"2025-12-12T23:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92526\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T23:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:38:07","slug":"fresno-eoc-lgbtq-resource-center-to-close-due-to-funding-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92526\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center to close due to funding shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) has announced the impending closure of its LGBTQ+ Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p>The center will close on Saturday, December 27th, due to a lack of funding. <\/p>\n<p>The center has offered support to the LGBTQ+ since 2019. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/2-million-grant-for-advance-peace-fresno-cut-without-warning-by-the-dept-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$2 million grant for Advance Peace Fresno cut without warning by the Dept. of Justice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Misty Gattie Blanco, Fresno EOC Sanctuary Director, expressed gratitude for the City of Fresno&#8217;s previous support, which allowed the center to remain open longer than anticipated. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know how difficult this news is to hear,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We are thankful for the city\u2019s partnership and remain hopeful future funding will allow the center to return.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Despite the closure, Fresno EOC staff will continue to offer resources and community referrals. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1965, Fresno EOC is one of the largest Community Action Agencies in the nation, dedicated to combating poverty in Fresno County through more than 30 programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) has announced the impending closure of its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-92526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}