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Budget director outlines outside-agency grant reforms; commissioners ask staff to identify recurring recipients
Summary
Jeff Frank, the county’s director of budget and finance, presented an overview of the proposed 2025 outside-agency grant program and described changes implemented in the current cycle intended to professionalize grant-making, improve transparency and require stronger reporting by recipients.
Jeff Frank, the county’s director of budget and finance, presented an overview of the proposed 2025 outside-agency grant program and described changes implemented in the current cycle intended to professionalize grant-making, improve transparency and require stronger reporting by recipients.
Frank told commissioners that the county awarded $673,159 in outside-agency grants this year across 48 awards and grouped investments into five categories: community development (about $324,000), education (about $81,000), arts and culture (about $69,000), and veteran support (about $50,000). He described individual examples — advocacy services for children in foster care, home modifications for low-income homeowners,…
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