Between the woes of the State of Illinois and the potential closure of the Exelon Clinton Nuclear Power Station, a local non-profit is entering territory that has them very concerned.

DeWitt County DOVE has faced a challenging couple of years thanks to the incompetence of the Illinois legislature and now the growing concern one of the biggest contributors to the County may leave. Megan Neville with DeWitt County DOVE says Exelon has been a huge supporter of their organization in various ways.

Making up for the potential loss of donation dollars from Exelon would be difficult for DOVE and Neville indicates that threatens programs that are aimed at prevention of domestic abuse in the community.

The Clinton community has treated DOVE well. Neville says the support from local entities, businesses and churches has allowed DOVE to keep their doors open locally. She notes, other agencies in Illinois cannot say the same.

According to Neville, the impacts of a lack of funding would trickle down into the community from a loss of programs to a loss of workers at DOVE, then on to services not being available for abuse victims.

Neville says there's growing frustration within the organization because there are federal dollars that are designated for them, however, those are hung up at the state level, so they have yet to see those funds.