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MEMO OF EXPLANATION
DATE: June 8, 2011
TO: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Tammy Baney, Tony DeBone, Alan Unger
Through:
Dave Kanner, Deschutes County Administrator
FROM: Paul Andre '' - DESD/Executive Director of Children's Services
Mr. Kanner requested that I submit a memo of explanation as to why the High Desert
Education Service District did not get the Deschutes County Community Grant application
in on time.
Previous to last year, First Steps to Success was one of the Alternatives to Incarceration
programs that were not required to compete for resources. My understanding is that for
almost 14 years, there was not an application (other than through the Children and Family
Commission) that was required for First Steps to access the county BOCC dollars. Last
year that changed; we were required to apply and compete for the BOCC dollars and we
did. Our coordinator for the program did not recall that the process had changed last year.
She remembered that she had to submit the Commission grant application (which she did,
on time), but not that the process had changed last year so that she had to submit the
second application. As soon as she learned of the mistake, she submitted the application
that day, but it was after the application deadline.
We don't offer this as an excuse, simply an explanation. As the agency that runs the
program and manages the dollars, High Desert ESD is responsible for making sure that we
adapt to changes in process by our partners and funders. We hope, however, that our
mistake will not put this program in jeopardy.
(Attached to email - dave.kanner@co.deschutes.or.us)