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Commissioners approve $5.4M in subrecipient contracts; debate returns to competitive allocation
Summary
The board approved just over $5.4 million in subrecipient contracts for 37 nonprofit agencies and discussed returning the county’s partnering-for-results grants to a competitive multi-year process. Commissioners suggested 3-year awards and asked staff to explore options including using United Way–style vetting.
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners approved a little more than $5.4 million in subrecipient contracts to support 37 nonprofit agencies and 50 human-services programs, and several commissioners used the vote to reopen a policy conversation about the grant process for next year.
Julie Bordeaux, director of Human and Veteran Services, told the board the contracts “support activities around supportive…
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