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Lakewood advisory board reviews 29 social-service grant applications and schedules applicant interviews
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Lakewood’s Community Services Advisory Board reviewed 29 applications that together request far more than the $475,000 available, debated scoring method and duplicate applications, and agreed to schedule applicant interviews and a follow-up meeting to finalize recommendations to council.
The Lakewood Community Services Advisory Board on Monday reviewed 29 grant applications seeking support from the city’s discretionary human-services fund and set a timetable for applicant interviews and final recommendations to the city council.
Human Services Coordinator Shannon Bennett told the board members that applicants collectively asked for roughly $850,000. "If I were to back that, each of those apps down to a maximum of 25,000, it still puts us at $694,750 that the agencies who applied are asking for, and we have about $475,000 to spend," Bennett said.
The shortfall framed much of the evening’s discussion. Members debated whether to treat multiple submissions from the same organization as separate projects or to combine them for equity and efficiency. One committee member said an…
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