File #: 2024-1424    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Action
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 12/17/2024 Final action: 12/17/2024
Title: Commission District(s): All Award of the 2024 Human Services Grants to Local Non-Profits At a Cost of $559,609 to the County.

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Human Services

SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): All
Award of the 2024 Human Services Grants to Local Non-Profits At a Cost of $559,609 to the County.
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Information Contact: Damon Scott
Phone Number: 404-270-1178

PURPOSE:
To approve the award of forty-six (46) Human Services Grant for 2024 in an amount not to exceed $559,609. The grant period for all awards will be one year from the date of BOC approval.

NEED/IMPACT:
In the County's 2024 Adopted Budget, $559,609 was approved for Human Services Grants to support the work of local non-profit's. This year marks the 20th consecutive year that Human Services Grants Program has presented recommendations for grant awards. The service areas designated for awards include youth, family/human services, food insecurity, public health, elderly, disability, and homeless prevention. The entire grant application process is electronic.

There were 186 people in attendance at the virtual Grant Program Orientation Meeting on May 23, 2024. All attendees received an electronic copy of the grant application instructions and program guidelines. The Department received eighty-eight (88) grant applications during the 2024 grant application intake period, which ended on June 24, 2024. Twenty-seven (27) applications were incomplete (electronic folder created, but no information within the folder) and therefore were not evaluated. A minimum threshold review was conducted, and two (2) grant applications did not meet the minimum threshold requirements. A notification letter was sent to these organizations on June 30, 2024.

The Human Services Coordinating Committee (HSCC) reviewed the remaining fifty-nine (59) applications between July 15, 2024, and August 19, 2024. The Human Services Grant Program evaluation policy states that "grant applications must have a composite score of 80 to be recommended for funding." Each a...

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