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Ramsey County launches centralized Grants and Revenue Office to coordinate applications and tracking
Summary
County finance staff presented an operational Grants and Revenue Office intended to centralize coordination, provide templates and training, track applications, and prepare for an electronic grants-management module in the county's new ERP system.
Ramsey County on July 8 presented a newly created Grants and Revenue Office that county leaders say will centralize grant prospecting, application support and tracking to reduce duplication across departments and make it easier to find and manage external funding.
The office, housed in the county finance division, is staffed currently by Kim Pelosi, manager of the Grants and Revenue Office, and is funded in the county's 2024-25 budget under a package the county calls Foundational Excellence. Pelosi told the Board she will coordinate grant activity countywide, provide templates and training, and build processes so departments do not repeatedly recreate basic application materials.
22I am not your grant writer,22 Pelosi said. 22I will be here to coordinate it. I will provide guidance and consultation, develop some tools for people, some resources, and some policies and procedures that will help all of our processes work better.22
County interim CFO Susan Earle said the office grew from lessons learned during COVID-era relief funding and the county's need for a…
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