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Council for Human Services details FY27 grant review schedule, caps and rubric changes
Summary
The Council for Human Services reviewed 22–23 FY27 grant applications and outlined review dates, new application caps and rubric changes; recommendations will go to town meeting for final approval.
The Council for Human Services on Oct. 23 reviewed the FY27 human services and substance-misuse grant application pool and outlined a compressed review and approval schedule that the council’s chair said is intended to meet a town request that awards be submitted before year-end.
The council reported receipt of 22–23 applications across the two funding areas and said $650,000 is available for human services and $175,000 for substance-misuse awards. Chair Veronica Golczyk said, “we're working under $650,000 in awards for human services and 175 for substance misuse.” The council highlighted a $100,000 per-application cap and a newly created operational-grant category with eligibility limited to organizations whose annual operating budget is at least $500,000.
The new operational…
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