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Commissioners review daycare and youth employment grants; staff to verify outreach
Summary
County staff confirmed four $250 daycare grants and a $12,000 summer youth employment allocation are budgeted; commissioners asked staff to verify candidate outreach and return application details for review.
County staff reported that several small community grants remain budgeted and that the county’s eCommunity board will continue to administer applications.
Staff identified a daycare grant program that provides four $250 awards (total $1,000) and a summer youth employment allocation of $12,000. The staff member said the daycare grants were included in the current department budget and that the eCommunity board had support to continue the program. The speaker did not identify the original funding source beyond it being in the department’s budget from a predecessor.
Commissioners asked staff to verify how many day-care providers are registered in the county, how recipients were notified, and whether the same providers have received the award repeatedly. The staff member said she would search state and local registration lists and follow up with the health department and Amanda (staff name referenced) and report back at a future meeting. She said the eCommunity board reviews applications and uses a point system to select recipients.
Staff also said there is a $600 business-spotlight grant line in the budget; records of past recipients were not immediately located and staff said they would investigate. On the summer youth employment program, staff said the county reimburses a portion of wages for participating employers and that last year there were few applications; exact application counts varied in the discussion and were not consistently documented in the meeting record.
The commissioners requested that the application forms for the daycare and youth employment grants be brought back for their review before final awards are confirmed. The eCommunity board will continue to accept applications and make recommendations, and the county indicated it would confirm budget authorization for these grants at a subsequent agenda meeting.
