DAYTON — More than $3.3 million in Montgomery County Human Services Levy funds have been earmarked for supportive social services and frail elderly programs, leaving $3.6 million in other requests unfilled.

“Our social service safety net has some gaps,” said Tom Kelley, director of the Montgomery County Office of Family and Children First. “It has eroded over the last seven to eight years. We’re doing all we can to protect it.”

The county received $6.9 million in funding requests this year for supportive services and frail elderly programs, compared to $7 million last year. Just less than $2.2 million was allocated to support services and $1.1 million for frail elderly programs, Kelley said.

The amount is in addition to the more than $9.6 million in levy funds set aside for ComCare, a long-term care program for seniors 60 and older who need a level of care provided in a nursing home, but who want to stay at home.

Community volunteers reviewed the funding applications and made recommendations to the Montgomery County Commission, which approved the awards at a meeting Tuesday.

Priority went to programs that promote economic self-sufficiency; health; positive living for special populations such as the elderly or disabled; stable families; supportive and engaged neighborhoods along with young people succeeding.

“It was really tough on the volunteers. They are the ones who have to sort through all the requests and see how they match up with our priorities,” Kelley said. “Our needs are certainly not decreasing.”

HighRise Services, 593 Infirmary Road, received $87,841 in first-time funding for an after-school enrichment program for kindergarten to third-graders. The tutoring works on processing and cognitive skills to boost reading and math levels.

Nova Behavioral Health Inc., 732 Beckman St., applied for about $1 million for three mental health programs, but they were not funded, Kelley said.

Of 15 frail elderly programs, 11 received cuts compared to 2011 funding. The reductions ranged from a $63,225 decrease for an emergency home-delivered meals program by the Senior Resource Connection and a $1,653 loss for The Successful Dementia Caregiver program offered by the Alzheimer’s Association.

Chuck Sousa, the Senior Resource Connection’s director of nutrition, said their emergency meals program got less funding, in part, because the agency requested $50,000 less than last year.

“Last year, we had $40,000 left on the table, that we returned,” Sousa said.

A third set of awards, funding to support programs for the homeless, totaled just over $1.7 million, compared to requests of $2.5 million. The Homefull Gateway Shelter Case Management Program got the largest increase, going from $135,287 in 2011 to $263,963 this year. Kelley said the increase is a reflection of the county’s focus on ending homelessness.