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Commission approves agency grants, allocates opioid settlement and DOT match for transportation service
Summary
The commission approved recommended grants including $10,000 for the domestic violence crisis center, $5,000 for Meals on Wheels, and a split $50,000 package for Get About (half from town budget, half from a CT DOT matching grant). The assessment program and opioid settlement allocations were discussed.
The New Canaan Health & Human Services Commission approved its recommended agency grants at the Nov. 6 meeting, allocating funds across a group of local nonprofits and matching programs.
Human services staff presented funding recommendations: $10,000 for the domestic violence crisis center; $5,000 for Meals on Wheels; and a $50,000 request for Get About, with a recommended funding plan of $25,000 from the town’s human services budget and $25,000 from a Connecticut Department of Transportation matching grant. New Canaan Cares was recommended to receive $18,000 (the staff presentation described funding coming from a mix: $2,000 human services budget, $10,000 youth services bureau grant and $6,000 from opioid settlement funds).
Marcy described an assessment program request and recommended funding mix that included human services and opioid settlement dollars. On the assessment program she said the request was $40,000 and noted recommended allocations from multiple sources; commissioners also acknowledged a Community Foundation match for the assessment program.
Members discussed oversight, urging reinvigorated liaison work with agencies to verify program capacity and to avoid duplicative taxpayer support; one commissioner suggested reviewing agencies’ Form 990s and Community Foundation vetting processes. The commission moved to approve the agency grant package as presented; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The meeting record indicates the opioid settlement remains a multi‑year funding source and that amounts may vary year to year. Commission members asked staff to bring further data on program metrics and domestic‑violence screening counts to future meetings.
