Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Human Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All
Awarding of the 2026 Human Services Grants to Local Non-Profits- At a Cost of $650,000 to the County
Body
Information Contact: Damon Scott, Human Services Department Director
Phone Number: (404) 687-2385
PURPOSE:
To approve the award of fifty-three (53) Human Services Grants for 2026 in an amount not to exceed $650,000. The grant period for all awards will be one year from the date of BOC approval.
NEED/IMPACT:
In the County’s 2026 Adopted Budget, $650,000 was approved for Human Services Grants to support the work of local non-profits. This year marks the 22nd consecutive year that the Human Services Grants Program has presented recommendations for grant awards. The service areas designated for awards include youth, family/human services, disability, homelessness, elderly, veterans, advocacy/planning and education, food insecurity, and public health. The entire grant application process is electronic.
There were 265 attendees at the virtual Grant Program Public Meeting on May 28, 2026. All attendees received an electronic copy of the grant application instructions and program guidelines. The Human Services Department received one hundred-twenty-one (121) grant applications during the 2026 grant application intake period, which ended on July 6, 2026. Thirty-nine (39) applications were incomplete (electronic folder created, but no information within the folder) and therefore were not evaluated. A minimum threshold review was conducted, and eleven (11) grant applications did not meet the minimum threshold requirements. A notification letter was sent to these organizations on July 13, 2026.
The Human Services Coordinating Committee (HSCC) reviewed the remaining seventy-one (71) applications between July 20, 2026, and September 8, 2026. The Human Services Grant Program “Grant Evaluation Policy...
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