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Advisory committee questions several new applicants and for‑profit bids, flags senior oral‑health request
Summary
Committee members reviewed roughly 35–36 grant applications, questioned why some providers applied as for‑profit entities and raised concerns about the scope and price of a senior oral‑health proposal that requested roughly $232,000.
Members of the Buncombe County Home and Community Care Block Grant Advisory Committee spent the bulk of the March 25 meeting vetting a larger-than-usual pool of applicants and flagging proposals that may not fit the supplemental funding mission.
Committee members said they received about 35–36 applications this cycle, up from 29 the prior year, and that several were first‑time applicants. Several members questioned why some providers registered as for‑profit businesses were applying for supplemental aging funds and whether certain requests were appropriate given limited county resources.
One application that drew…
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