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Sammamish commissioners briefed on human services grant process as requests outpace available funds
Summary
City staff told the commission that Sammamish received 91 program applications from 55 agencies for the 2026–28 human services grant cycle and that requests exceed the city’s current annual human-services allocation; commissioners agreed to subgroup review assignments and tentative June meeting dates to finish evaluations.
City staff presented the Sammamish City Commission with the 2026–28 human services grant review process and said the volume and value of requests exceed the city’s available funding.
At a weekly commission meeting, a staff presenter outlined the grant program’s history, the regional Human Services Funding Consortium, the evaluation criteria and how commissioners will review applications in subgroups. “We had 91 applications and the funding request was a whopping $100,000,915,284 dollars,” the presenter said, and added that Sammamish’s current annual allocation is $682,736. Staff told commissioners the total requests for Sammamish exceed the available allocation by about $1,232,548.
The funding program began in 2001 and has expanded from two recipients to about 40 agencies and roughly 65 programs in recent cycles, staff…
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