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Departmental Item <br />to all interested agencies. <br />• RFP Application for FY 24/25 opened to all agencies. <br />March <br />• Staff provided professional development on research -based program design and evaluation. <br />April - May <br />• Application closed. <br />• CSAC Grant Subcommittee reviewed and scored 56 program applications using the RFP <br />Scoring Rubric. <br />• Staff provided individualized presentation preparation to all interested agencies. <br />May - June <br />• May 30, June 5, and June 6: CSAC Grant Subcommittee held grant presentations for all 56 <br />programs. <br />• June 7: CSAC Grant Subcommittee deliberated and voted on FY 24/25 CSAC Funding <br />Recommendations. <br />• June 14: CSAC Main Committee reviewed the recommendations and voted to approve the <br />CSAC Grant Subcommittee Recommendations. <br />Funding Recommendation Process: <br />On April 9t', 2024, the Board of County Commissioners approved FY 24/25 funding for Children's <br />Services in the amount of $3,149,351, with up to $207,522 for administrative expenses and up to <br />$2,941,829 in Children's Program expenses. <br />Staff organized programs into the three priorities identified in the Needs Assessment: Health and Well- <br />being, Nurturing Families and Communities, and Success in School and Life. After the CSAC Grant <br />Subcommittee reviewed, analyzed, scored, and heard presentations from the 56 programs, they used <br />the scores from the RFP Scoring Rubric, supporting documentation, and information from the <br />presentations to determine how much funding each program should be allocated. Once the allocation <br />for each program had been decided, the CSAC Grant Subcommittee voted on the total funding <br />recommendation for programs in each priority. <br />The CSAC Grant Subcommittee approved full or partial requested funding for the following programs, <br />per priority: <br />Priority <br /># of Appl. Programs <br /># of Awarded Programs <br />Award <br />Health & Well -Being <br />10 <br />7 <br />$400,000 <br />Nurturing Families and Communities <br />14 <br />11 <br />$449,950 <br />Success in School & Life <br />32 <br />29 <br />$1,963,069 <br />Total Awarded <br />56 <br />47 <br />$2,813,019 <br />Total Funding Available <br />$2,941,829 <br />Total Funding Remaining <br />$128,810 <br />After allocating funding to 47 total programs, there was a remaining balance of $128,810, with a <br />recommendation that it be used for future needs that serve children and families in FY 24/25. <br />The CSAC Main Committee then approved the Grant Subcommittee's funding recommendation. <br />19 <br />