Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 23:29:17 EDT From: DavidN1327@aol.com NEWS RELEASE For immediate release Thursday, September 15, 1994 Contact: David Nelson 261 North Main Street Apartment 301 Salt Lake City, Utah 84103-4602 (801)355-6156 Internet: davidn1327@aol.com Tear-sheet requested a000 rp ^BC-Gay,153< Nelson appointed to Salt Lake County panel SALT LAKE CITY - David Nelson, the founder of the four-year-old political-action committee Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats, was appointed today by the Salt Lake County Human Services Advisory Council to serve as a council allocation-panel member. Four allocation panels review and recommend applicants for county social-services block-grant funding. The council reviews the recommendations, hears and decides any appeals, and makes final recommendations to the county Board of Commissioners. "I'm pleased to be a part of the process that helps non-profit organizations provide important social services to low- and moderate-income people in the county," Nelson said. "These organizations offer services which include outpatient counseling, prevention and education, family planning, and information and referral services for people who are at risk for more intensive help." Organizations that have recently received the grants include the Utah AIDS Foundation, the YWCA Peer Approach to Counseling Teens project and Planned Parenthood of Utah.