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HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm Grant Award DiscussionDate: February 12,2014 To: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners From: Judith Ure, Management Analyst Subject: Community Grant Award Recommendations Changes to Community Grant Program In May 2013, while prioritizing the use of video lottery funds, the Board of Commissioners made the following changes to the Deschutes County Community Grant program: 1. Transferred responsibility for administering funding for emergency food, clothing, and shelter grants to United Way of Deschutes County. 2. Established a set number of awards for fixed dollar amounts in the categories of Arts and Culture, Health, Mental Health, and Addiction Services. 3. Affirmed that applicant organizations must be 501 (c)3 entities as recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. 4. Determined that current Deschutes County Service Partners are ineligible to apply for Community Grant funds. These changes were reflected in the solicitation notice, funding guidelines, and application form. Applications Submitted Deschutes County received 23 applications in response to the 2013-14 Community Grant solicitation as follows: Arts and Culture • Deschutes County Historical Society • High Desert Museum • Stage Right Productions Health, Mental Health, and Addictions Services • Advantage Smiles for Kids • Central Oregon Teen Challenge • Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings Enhancing the Lives of Citizens by Delivering Quality Services in a Cost-Effective Manner • Deschutes Family Recovery • Redmond Alano Club • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades Other Essential Services • American Red Cross -Oregon Mountain River Chapter • Assistance League of Bend • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon • Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon • Children's Vision Foundation • Families Forward • Humane Society of Central Oregon • ICON City • Oregon Adaptive Sports • Pregnancy Resource Centers of Central Oregon • Redmond Adventist Community Services • The Center Foundation • Volunteers In Action • Wonderland Express Review Process A three-person panel reviewed the 2013-14 Community Grant applications, assigning numerical points distributed between four evaluation criteria that included organizational strength; financial stability; proposed program, project, or activity benefit; and perfonnance management capability. Points assigned by members of the review panel were averaged; applications were ranked using the averaged points; and the results were compared to individual ratings to ensure confonnity. The review panelists were then given an opportunity to confinn that the highest ranking applications reflected a consensus recommendation. Recommendations Specific recommendations will be presented to the Board of Commissioners for discussion during a regularly scheduled work session.