Outside / Other Agencies

Outside Agencies is a budgetary category that includes appropriations from the County's General Fund and provides these to various non-profit agencies. These organizations provide services for and on behalf of Pender County's residents and visitors. County funding of these organizations is mainly discretionary, meaning the County determines the level of funding for each agency. The County Manager recommends funding levels based on requests, needs, services provided, and funding availability.

Organizations funded under this budget category are typically non-recreational. Recreation agencies are funded out of the Recreation Department's budget or the Parks and Recreation Capital Project Account in the CIP. The agencies provide a wide variety of programs and services to many, including education, economic development, in-home aide/congregate meals/home delivered meals/transportation for the aging, assistance to developmentally disabled adults and children, tourism development, airport capital improvements, and environmental protection.

Outside/other Agencies include but are not limited to:

• Carousel Center
• Caswell Center
• Highway 17 Association
• Lower Cape Fear River Program
• Masters Program
• Military Growth Task Force
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Southeastern Mental Health
• Volunteer Fire Departments