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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 15, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. 4 - vV SUBJECT: Annual Contributions to Outside Agencies: Target Funding Allocation and Application Evaluation Criteria DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Budget Office ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Draft Agency Application Evaluation Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager Criteria Donna Coffey, Budget Director PURPOSE: To present recommendations to the BOCC on establishing a target funding allocation for outside agencies for FY2008-09 and authorizing evaluation guidelines for applications to be received by the Human Services Advisory Commission. BACKGROUND: The County has historically solicited applications for outside agency grant funding as part of its annual budget process. Outside agencies are those non-profit agencies involved in the delivery of human or community based services. In years prior the County Manager's Office in conjunction with the Human Services Advisory Commission, the Human Services Management Team, and Budget Office have coordinated responsibilities far orienting and training the grant seekers, soliciting and evaluating grant applications, and providing technical support and guidance to the BOCC in deciding final funding allocations. Following budget adoption each year, Budget staff routinely executes and administers agency performance agreements and prepares ayear-end report on agency accomplishments. On November 15, 2007, the BOCC approved. County management's recommendation that the Orange County Human Services Advisory Commission, beginning with FY2008-09, would be responsible for making annual agency funding recommendations directly to the BOCC during the budget cycle. To that end, an announcement depicting their involvement along with the FY2008-09 application form, instructions, and check list were e-mailed to all agency heads and posted on the County Internet the first week in December. A press release was also issued. to provide general notification to the public of the grant process underway. Applications are due on February 11. The BOCC also gave its approval in November to the concept of determining in advance a target funding amount to be made available for outside agency funding in the coming fiscal year.