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Health commission outlines HSCMG schedule and plans to reallocate Boys and Girls Club funds
Summary
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Health and Social Service Commission reviewed the FY27 Human Services Community Matching Grant timeline and heard that the Boys and Girls Club closed its Fairbanks site; the club will return $35,474 in HSCMG funds, which staff propose dividing equally among nine agencies so the money is spent before the state deadline.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Health and Social Service Commission on Dec. 10 reviewed the FY27 Human Services Community Matching Grant (HSCMG) schedule and discussed a plan to reallocate $35,474 that the Boys and Girls Club will return after closing its Fairbanks site.
James, the borough health and social service administrator, told commissioners that the HSCMG request for proposals opened Dec. 5 on BidNet and that “submissions have to be received on BidNet … they’re due before 4PM on 02/09/2026.” He outlined a mock scoring session on Feb. 11, Dropbox distribution of application packets by Feb. 13 and agency presentations and scoring set for March 14 with five-minute presentations followed by scoring.
James said the Boys and Girls Club reported $35,474 remaining on its HSCMG award and will return that amount to the borough. To avoid returning funds to the state, James proposed dividing the balance equally among the nine remaining HSCMG awardees—about $3,941 each—and allowing those agencies to revise budgets and use the additional funds before the June deadline. According to the administrator, legal staff advised this approach is permissible under past precedent and does not require a formal motion: “At the moment, if we stick with the slice it up evenly 9 ways, we don’t need a motion … according to legal we can just do that since there’s precedence.”
James also described next steps for an opioid remediation grant the Boys and Girls Club holds. Because that grant is borough-funded rather than state-funded, staff will first request reconciliation of how much of the previously allocated $25,000 the club spent; any remaining balance would be rolled back into the borough opioid remediation fund for future allocation.
The commission did not take a separate vote on the proposed reallocation during the meeting. Staff were asked to proceed with notifications and paperwork so that revised awards can be processed and distributed in time to expend funds as required by the state.
What’s next: the HSCMG application deadline is Feb. 9, 2026; mock scoring will be Feb. 11 and presentations are scheduled March 14. The borough will notify affected agencies and accept revised budget forms from those receiving the redistributed HSCMG funds.
