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Council hears that lived-experience payments face cuts under Metro rules as grant transfers proceed
Summary
Members said that changes to the collaborative applicant designation and Metro charter rules threaten payments to members of the Consumer Advisory Board and the youth action board; Metro Legal and staff are exploring alternatives but no final funding path was confirmed.
Council members and lived-experience cohort speakers raised concerns on Feb. 13 that payments to people with lived experience who serve on committees and boards may be halted under Metro rules once collaborative applicant funding moves fully into Metro administration.
Several speakers described a long history of paying lived-experience participants (through vendor arrangements when MDHA administered funds) and said that Metro’s charter and procurement rules generally bar paying members of boards and…
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