Contract Review Committee recommends $175,000 for three substance‑misuse programs, records $0 for two others
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The committee recommended $100,000 for Addiction Solutions, $50,000 for Health Imperatives and $25,000 for NAMI/ASAP in the substance‑misuse category and formally recorded $0 awards for New Hope and NCTV after discussion about treatment versus prevention priorities.
The Contract Review Committee voted Nov. 21 to recommend three treatment‑focused providers for substance‑misuse funding and to withhold funding from two prevention‑oriented applicants.
Chair Veronica Bolchick said the committee faced more requests than available funding and argued the three treatment programs had stronger applications. “Their application was complete,” Bolchick said of Addiction Solutions, noting the submission’s partners, financials and program design had met the committee’s expectations. Based on scoring and committee discussion, members proposed a recommendation of $100,000 for Addiction Solutions, $50,000 for Health Imperatives and $25,000 for NAMI/ASAP.
After discussion about program focus and likely impact, the committee approved the recommendation by roll call. The roll call recorded aye votes from Joanna Roach, Suzanne Keating, Lee Tessa, John Belash, Linda Williams and Chair Veronica Bolchick.
Committee members debated whether to provide partial awards to New Hope and NCTV, which several members characterized as prevention‑oriented and less immediately scalable given current funding. The committee amended the recommendation to explicitly record $0 awards for New Hope and NCTV in the substance‑misuse category; that amendment also passed by roll call.
The committee’s recommendations are advisory: they will be submitted as the CRC’s recommended allocations to the town’s finance committee and select board for final action. Chair Bolchick and staff noted the committee will include caveats in its recommendations about reporting requirements and suggested requiring tracking of metrics such as program enrollment and media analytics where programming includes outreach components.
The committee said the substance‑misuse decisions were guided by the rubric developed for this funding cycle and by an effort to prioritize treatment services where limited dollars could have the clearest near‑term effect. The substance‑misuse recommendations were recorded as part of the larger FY27 allocations spreadsheet the committee later approved.