Trumbull commissioners approve ’09 funding for SCOPE centers

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners approved $428,671 in senior services levy money for SCOPE Inc., the nonprofit organization that runs six senior citizen centers in Trumbull County, to run the centers in 2009.

Commissioners approved giving each SCOPE center the same amount in 2009 that it received in 2007 and 2008: $120,000 for the Warren center, $80,000 for both the Niles and Howland centers, $48,422 for the Cortland center, $49,369 for the Champion center, and $50,880 for the Lordstown center.

But Senior Citizens Opportunity for Personal Endeavor also has been told it must make good on $90,000 in overpayments it has received earlier — $5,000 per month starting this month. It will take 18 months to make up the $90,000.

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