Committee tightens application language to discourage duplication, encourage joint proposals
To avoid 'double-dipping' and reward collaborative approaches, the workshop added application and scoring language asking applicants to disclose other funding and to explain how county funds would expand, not duplicate, existing services.
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Commissioners and staff refined application details to help reviewers detect duplication and encourage collaboration among local providers. Elizabeth (Speaker 6) noted the draft application already asks whether a project is existing and how many unique people it serves; the committee agreed to add a question asking applicants to list other funding applications and explain how county funds would "enhance or expand rather than duplicate those services."
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