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Council for Human Services details FY27 grant review schedule, caps and rubric changes

6435413 · October 24, 2025
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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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