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OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING POLICY <br />Purpose: <br />"Outside Agencies" are entities which perform a particular socioeconomic service for Indian River County. <br />Partial support for their activities comes from County funds. This policy was developed to provide <br />guidelines for Staff and the Board of County Commissioners in the funding of such agencies. <br />Five types of outside agencies are addressed in the body of this policy; Nonprofit, Children's Services, <br />Tourist Development, Quasi -nonprofit, and State agencies. Within each section is a discussion of how <br />County monies are to be allocated to such agencies, how agencies should apply for County funds and <br />each agency's fiscal responsibilities to the County upon the receipt of such funds. <br />Effective Date: <br />This policy shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the Board of County Commissioners of <br />Indian River County. <br />I. Nonprofit Agencies: <br />Indian River County provides funding to various nonprofit organizations offering social services within its <br />boundaries. These expenditures are funded from General Fund revenues currently. This policy will <br />cover nonprofit agency funding from all ad valorem taxing funds. <br />A. Total Nonprofit Funding Allocation - The total amount allocated to nonprofit agencies will be <br />adjusted each year as shown below. <br />The total allocation for nonprofit agencies will be as follows in FY2017/18: <br />.Agency <br />Amount <br />Mental Health Walk -In Clinic <br />$22,962 <br />Harvest Food Outreach Center <br />$10,205 <br />211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast, Inc. <br />$10,205 <br />Senior Services <br />$119,610 <br />Total <br />$162,982 <br />2. No new Agency requests for funding will be approved in FY2017/18 or <br />thereafter. <br />3. Future year funding will be capped for each agency at the amounts noted <br />in the table above, except for annual adjustments for the standard rate of <br />inflation. <br />4. Any federal grant sub -recipient will also be required to complete a sub - <br />recipient grant agreement. <br />Initially Approved 2/19/02 <br />Revision #1 Approved 11/3/2009 <br />Revision #2 Approved 5/16/2017 <br />Revision #3 Approved 3/15/2022 <br />Revision #4 Approved 8/16/2022 <br />11&e I <br />