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Clay County accepts $795,620 in grants to create Family Resource Center, contracts with local partners
Summary
The Clay County Board of Commissioners approved two grants totaling $795,620 — a $108,320 Sauer Family Foundation award and a $687,300 Minnesota DHS Family Resource Center grant — to develop a hub-and-spokes Family Resource Center, and authorized contracting with Cap LP and Creating Community Consulting to staff and coordinate the project.
The Clay County Board of Commissioners voted to accept two grants totaling $795,620 on motions Jan. 21, 2025, to fund development and implementation of a Family Resource Center focused on family navigation and community outreach.
The county’s social services director, Quinn, told commissioners the county received a $108,320, two‑year award from the Sauer Family Foundation and a $687,300, three‑year Minnesota Department of Human Services Family Resource Center grant. Quinn said the funds will pay for stakeholder engagement, hiring key staff, developing a family advisory board and providing culturally responsive navigation services to families across Clay County.
Quinn said Cap LP will serve as the project partner that hires the family outreach coordinator and the family advisory board coordinator, and will deliver relationship‑based navigation services. Creating Community Consulting will provide partner coordination, marketing, outreach and sustainability planning. Quinn said draft contracts for both organizations were attached to the board packet and that Cap LP had the outreach coordinator position posted; the contract calls for hiring within 60 days of funds being received.
Quinn said the project will use a “hub‑and‑spokes” model rather than a single brick‑and‑mortar site: Cap LP will be the central hub and partner organizations (the “spokes”) such as REACH and the Moorhead Public Library will host outreach days to broaden countywide access. Quinn told the board the grants fully fund the project’s planned development and implementation costs and that the county budget would see no direct impact beyond a small administrative allocation and an estimated $14,000 of revenue the county expects to receive over three years.
Commissioner Kramnoff moved to accept the Sauer Family Foundation grant of $108,320; Commissioner Ebinger seconded and the motion carried with an oral vote. Commissioner Bair moved to accept the DHS Family Resource Center grant of $687,300; Commissioner Ebinger seconded and that motion also carried with an oral vote.
Board members noted concerns raised earlier about a permanent building and said the hub‑and‑spokes approach addressed those concerns. Several commissioners also disclosed involvement with Cap LP and said the organization was a natural fit to serve as the navigator and hire staff.
With funds secured and contracts drafted, Quinn said the next steps are signing contracts and beginning the work plan, including hiring outreach staff and formalizing partner agreements that will define the spokes of the model.
