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Human Services Commission recommends Option 7 for 2025 grant allocations, sends recommendation to council
Summary
After discussion about restricted funding and nonprofit staffing needs, the Lacey Human Services Commission voted to recommend Option 7 — a score-based partial-award plan — to City Council for the 2025 human services grant program.
Staff presented the commission with eight funding-allocation options on July 10 and recommended either Option 1 or Option 7, Michelle said, summarizing the grant review: the commission received 20 applications requesting a total of $841,761 and staff had $300,000 available. "I added the option 7 because of the feedback that I heard from this commission the last time we met," Michelle said, explaining Option 7 would allocate larger partial awards to the highest-scoring applicants while still funding the top cohort.
Commission discussion focused on two tensions: whether to spread limited…
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