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Seaside council approves $420,000 in 2025 community social‑service grants; council asks staff to finish allocation spreadsheet
Summary
After a lengthy review of 22 applications, the City Council approved $420,000 in one‑time community social‑service grants and asked staff to finalize and publish the detailed allocation spreadsheet; council members emphasized youth programs, mental‑health interventions and food/housing services in their final recommendations.
Seaside — The Seaside City Council on Thursday approved distribution of $420,000 in one‑time community social‑service grants to local nonprofits, after reviewing 22 applications requesting roughly $1.07 million.
Assistant City Manager Dan Milas presented the program background, noting the grant pool was established in 2020 and is intended to support local nonprofits that provide education, youth development, recreation, public health, and housing‑stability services. Milas told the council the city received 22 applications that totaled $1,067,303 in requests and outlined staff’s recommended evaluation criteria: community need urgency, number and demographics served, organizational capacity, funding leverage and cost effectiveness.
Why it matters: The program was launched following 2020 civic unrest and aims at preventive community investments — especially youth mentoring, mental‑health intervention and services that…
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