Michael Absher, CEO of Only Hope WNC, a nonprofit serving homeless youth, was charged with sex crimes against children in July.

Letters from NCDHHS show that Only Hope may have been operating as a foster home without a license.

County funding for the organization has been paused as some call for it to be canceled altogether.

HENDERSONVILLE – The East Flat Rock nonprofit Only Hope WNC, which provides services to homeless youth, may have been operating for years without a license from the state.

That's according to letters that Amy Holt, a member of Henderson County’s Social Services Board, brought to the attention of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners in a meeting Aug. 20, where she called on commissioners to permanently halt county funding for Only Hope.

Holt also sits on the

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