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“In Massachusetts, hundreds of thousands of residents rely on community-based human services every day, and our workforce is critical to their stability and safety. These services support our most vulnerable populations… Yet the workforce that holds up this safety net continues to be stretched to its limits.”

“If you’re receiving federal funding from SAMHSA — or frankly any of the federal agencies for housing, or Medicaid and things like that — it makes you question: How do you plan?” Martone said. “The service recipients who rely on these services, what do you tell them? What do you tell your staff? Does your staff start looking for non-federally funded work? Do you intentionally walk away from federal funding due to the uncertainty in the climate? Do you even, thinking forward, do you apply for federal funding in this environment?”

“This will have a cumulative effect on all the services and supports that our clients rely on," Martone said. "It's going to significantly put people at risk. To roll out these cuts abruptly and just sort of disregard the safety and wellbeing of people who are relying on these services, it is frankly just cruel."

Bay Cove’s President & CEO, Kevin Martone, joined the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network on the Mission Critical Podcast on November 2nd.