Office of Management and Budget staff briefed the committee on the county’s community‑based organization (CBO) funding landscape and on the administration’s recent competitive solicitation for human and social services. The presentation prompted multiple commissioners to request a comprehensive administrative report and follow‑up briefings.

David Klotfelter and Dan Wall (Office of Management and Budget) described the county’s universe of CBO allocations and the portion OMB manages. They said the dedicated competitive “human and social services” pot managed by OMB for FY 2024–25 totaled roughly $15–16 million; that competitive solicitation drew about 500 applications from 401 organizations requesting approximately $124.6 million; and that budget constraints and the volume of requests led the administration to cancel the most recent competitive award recommendations.

Dan Wall summarized historical context: county CBO funding has moved through multiple models since the late 1990s — including outsourced models (the Alliance for Human Services), an appointed CBO advisory board, and a mix of competitive awards and board-directed allocations. Wall said that while most OMB‑managed CBO awards include detailed grant agreements, site visits and annual report cards, a substantial portion of county CBO funding sits outside the competitive pot and is managed by individual departments or by board allocations.

Commissioners raised operational concerns and recommended structural changes. Several asked for clearer breakdowns and separate handling of food programming and homebound meals, citing volatility in food costs and the complexity of pass‑through distributions (for example, county contracts with Farm Share or Feeding South Florida that then distribute to local churches and food banks).

Commissioners also discussed the report card: OMB confirmed a report‑card process exists for the competitive pot and that the clerk’s office is auditing county CBO allocations. Some commissioners asked that additional county‑managed allocations be brought into the standard reporting framework, and several asked OMB to return with a consolidated, itemized report to the committee and to the full board.

Separately, commissioners discussed a county agreement tied to FIFA funding that includes a reporting clause. The county attorney and administration confirmed the agreement requires GMSC (the event organizer referenced in the contract) to provide quarterly performance reports to the Board of County Commissioners and the mayor or the mayor’s designee, with the first report due Oct. 31. Commissioners requested that the administration place the quarterly FIFA report on an agenda so the public and commissioners can review itemized fundraising and expenditures for the $21 million in taxpayer funds pledged under the agreement.

Committee members agreed to follow up with more detailed briefings, suggested sunshine meetings to refine legislative requests and asked OMB to prepare a consolidated November report covering CBO program structure, funding buckets, program metrics and recommendations for improved contracting and monitoring.