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Finance committee approves $825,000 for human-services grants after CRC report

Nantucket Finance Committee · February 17, 2026
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Summary

The Finance Committee voted to approve Article 9, an $825,000 appropriation for town human-services grants, after the Contract Review Committee outlined a new $100,000 cap on awards, a new operational grant category and changes to its rubric to make awards more objective.

The Nantucket Finance Committee voted Feb. 17 to approve Article 9, appropriating $825,000 for human-services grants and related programs following a presentation from the Contract Review Committee.

Veronica Volchick, chairperson of the Contract Review Committee, told the committee the CRC revised its process after a multi-month review. The committee imposed, for the first time, a $100,000 cap on any single award and created a new operational (capacity-building) grant category in addition to program and substance-misuse grants. "We put a cap of a $100,000 onto any one…

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