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Baltimore County commission outlines $2.5M pilot community grants program, sets application rules
Summary
Baltimore County commissioners discussed a pilot community grants round to distribute roughly $2.5 million in one‑year awards, a 70‑point scoring threshold, a 10% match requirement, limits on staffing funded by grants, and plans for technical assistance and broad community outreach.
Baltimore County commissioners and county grants staff moved closer to finalizing a pilot community grants program intended to flow from the county’s Community Reinvestment fund. Commission leadership said the first round would be run as a learning exercise, with about $2.5 million proposed for dispersal and primarily one‑year awards so the county and commission can test administration and monitoring systems.
Commission chair Katie said the commission is envisioning two pathways for requests: a community grants track open to nonprofit and some for‑profit entities serving prioritized ZIP codes or qualified census tracts, and a county‑generated proposals track routed through county departments. “First things…
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