Title
Receive a report and provide direction on the Strategic Grant Services Program:
a. Receive a Mid-Year Report on the Strategic Grant Services Program; and
b. Recommend that the report be presented to the Board of Supervisors at their May 5, 2015 meeting.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Legislative Committee receive a report and provide direction on the Strategic Grant Services program:
c. Receive a Mid-Year Report on the Strategic Grant Services Program; and
d. Recommend that the report be presented to the Board of Supervisors at their May 5, 2015 meeting.
SUMMARY:
The County Administrative Office Intergovernmental & Legislative Affairs Division launched the Strategic Grant Services Program in September 2014. Since that time significant work has taken place to get the program up and running, inventory countywide project and program funding needs, identify priority projects, and work on high priority grant submissions. This mid-year report provides an update on the past, current and planned future activities of the program.
DISCUSSION:
During the Board's June 2014 Budget hearings the County Administrative Office Intergovernmental & Legislative Affairs (IGLA) Division was authorized to spend up to $60,000 in FY 2014-15 on the development and execution of a grants program aimed at identifying and aiding in the application for funding related to high priority projects.
In September 2014, IGLA contracted with grant services experts with a proven track record of success at Nossaman LLP, a legal, legislative advocacy, and grant writing firm based in Sacramento, California. The current contract provides for the development of an inventory of grant funding needs countywide, development of a strategic plan to identify possible funding sources for any identified need, and high level strategic advocacy and grant writing services on 10-12 high priority grant submission during the term of the contract. The term of the current con...
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