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Bradley County HCI committee invites nonprofits to apply, sets application deadlines and prioritizes EMS equipment
Summary
The Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) committee reviewed application materials, approved timelines for the 2025 grant cycle, and voted to invite selected organizations to submit full applications; the County Commission prioritized $125,000 for Lucas devices for EMS. Documents in the packet list differing totals for available HCI funds.
The Bradley County Healthy Community Initiative committee reviewed multiple draft documents and meeting minutes attached to the county packet and set the process for the 2025 HCI grant cycle.
Committee materials attached to the Jan. 6 packet included a proposed timeline, a Letter of Intent and full-application templates, budget guides, and a checklist for scoring proposals. The HCI Administrator, Lorri Moultrie, and committee chairs recorded deadlines for letters of intent and full applications and said the committee will reassess the timeline after the Jan. 30, 2025 intake date.
Committee minutes and commission actions recorded in the packet state that the County Commission has prioritized $125,000 of HCI funds for Lucas life-saving devices for EMS. The HCI committee also voted to invite a number of organizations to submit full applications (items listed in the minutes include the Boys & Girls Club, Bradley Central High School, City Fields, Family Promise, the Museum Center, Tri-State Therapeutic Riding Center and others). The committee established that, for the 2025 cycle, it will accept applications only from 501(c)(3) organizations and prefers projects that keep funds and work within Bradley County.
The meeting attachments contain multiple budget summaries with inconsistent totals for the pool of available HCI funds. One table in the packet (labeled “2024-2025 Budget”) lists $174,703.94 as available to allocate (SEG 029), while a later attachment titled “2024-2025 BUDGET” lists $738,827.53 as available (SEG 042). Committee notes also referenced an informal figure of approximately $600,000 when members discussed funding capacity. The packet shows the committee intended to resolve and reconcile these accounting figures as part of its next steps and asked staff to provide clear, final totals in advance of award recommendations.
Next steps recorded in the attachments: the committee set a deadline for full applications in late January (minutes list both Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 as deadlines in different entries) and scheduled a committee meeting on Feb. 6, 2025 to review applications and finalize recommendations to the Commission. Contracts and reimbursement terms are governed by the HCI procedures in the packet, which note capital projects only, reimbursement after benchmarks, and match preferences.
The committee’s draft materials and minutes are included in the official meeting packet for the Jan. 6 voting session; no final awards were approved at the Jan. 6 commission session.
