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Commission authorizes county participation in ICMA economic mobility community of practice; grant will fund planning not cash assistance
Summary
Douglas County commissioners authorized staff on May 28 to accept a $24,000 ICMA subgrant that will fund county participation in a national economic mobility community of practice to study options such as a guaranteed income pilot or a childcare scholarship fund.
Douglas County commissioners on May 28 authorized the deputy county administrator to sign a subgrant agreement with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) that will enroll the county in an economic mobility community of practice funded in part by the Gates Foundation.
Jill (staff) told the board the $24,000 subgrant is intended to support planning, peer learning and work‑plan development; it does not, on its own, fund a guaranteed income pilot or direct cash payments to residents. The county presented two possible focus areas in…
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