Agenda Item Name:
Title
Community Agency Partnership Program (CAPP) Presentation and Policy Discussion
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Presenter:
Carl Smart, Claudia Tuck, Cindy Bishop
Description:
Presentation of possible changes to the CAPP awards process including funding priorities, award of lapse funds, and other related policy issues
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Hear presentation and discuss various policy implications
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Prior Board Motions:
9/17/19-Commissioner Byerly moved to refer staff to analyze whether it would be more effective for the County to make whole contributions to fewer organizations (thus forming more intensive relationships with fewer groups) or to award partial requests and spread the funds over more organizations. In addition, staff are to examine the CAPP process with any eye toward giving everyone an equal shot at funding.
5/14/19-The Board asked that at an upcoming policy meeting in the summer, we look at the list of mental health, homelessness, CAPP, and any other community support requested by organizations and have a cumulative policy discussion.
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
n/a
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Background:
The Board of County Commissioners asked for a cumulative policy meeting to review grant programs providing support for homelessness, mental health and other funding requests at its May 14, 2019 meeting. 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.