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Nonprofits urge Sonoma County supervisors to fix contracting delays, seek 15% federal indirect rate
Summary
Behavioral health and social-service nonprofits told the Board of Supervisors that late payments, complex invoicing and low indirect rates are threatening service continuity; speakers asked for county direction to pay on prior-year contract terms when renewals lag and to adopt a 15% federal indirect rate.
Several dozen nonprofit leaders and program directors pressed the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to change county contracting and payment practices they say are destabilizing core services.
Speakers from West County Community Services, Community Support Network, Progress Foundation and others described late reimbursements, burdensome invoice requirements and an indirect cost policy that leaves nonprofits unable to recoup administrative overhead. "Payments based on prior year terms will prevent service interruptions and provide much needed financial stability," said Christy Davila, executive director of West County Community Services.
Davila told supervisors her agency faced…
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