Agenda Item Name:
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Presentation on Community Agency Partnership Program (CAPP) Request for Applications (RFA) for FY 2021-2024
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Presenter:
Cindy Bishop
Description:
Presentation on the draft CAPP RFA and application questions for FY 2021-20 24 including proposed new funding categories and revised scoring criteria.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
1. Approve RFA 21-198 including the new funding categories and scoring criteria. 2. Delegate authority to appoint individuals to the CAPP Grant Review Committee to the County Manager
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Prior Board Motions:
n/a
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Awards will be based on approved FY22 Adopted Budget
001.29.2903.569 Various Accounts
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Background:
CAPP provides competitive grants in a three year cycle to Alachua County non-profit agencies that provide programs aimed at poverty reduction. The current three-year contracts end September 30, 2021.
Staff is requesting changes to the scoring criteria in order to emphasize intent to provide funding to agencies that can concretely document community impact and positive outcomes in the reduction of poverty.
Staff is also requesting the CAPP funding categories be more closely aligned with the United Way's ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) guidelines as an effective method to provide funding inclusively to area non-profit agencies that impact the root causes of poverty. These categories are (1) Safe, Affordable Housing, (2) Quality Child Care and Education, (3) Adequate Food, (4) Reliable Transportation, (5) Quality Healthcare, (6) Reliable Technology, and (7) Financial Education and Stability. Adoption of the new funding categories will provide a wider range of eligible programs while narrowing the focus of CAPP to programs that provide the greatest impact to poverty reduction by meeting the most basic of human needs.
The Grant Review Committee will be comprised of five Alachua County community members with kn...
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