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2 <br /> 1 Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, made the following presentation: <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Slide #1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> FY2023-24 <br /> COUNTY MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED BUDGET <br /> Outside Agencies <br /> May 11, 2023 <br /> BOCC Work Scssioti <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Bonnie Hammersley said the Outside Agencies process begins each fall. She said there <br /> 6 is a standard application for funding from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County for <br /> 7 nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status. She said Melissa Allison in her office leads the coordination of <br /> 8 outside agencies and sends applications to related advisory boards for review and scoring. She <br /> 9 said the advisory boards' scores are reviewed by the County Manager before she holds <br /> 10 individual meetings with each applicant. Bonnie Hammersley said she uses the ranking from <br /> 11 advisory boards and also depends on input from the Department Director that works with the <br /> 12 organization that applied for funding in order to ultimately make a funding recommendation to <br /> 13 the Board. She stated there were a few changes to the Outside Agencies process this year, and <br /> 14 she will discuss those later in the presentation. She said the input from advisory boards is <br /> 15 important to this process and this year, for the first time, she invited the Board of Social Services <br /> 16 to meet with the Outside Agencies they scored along with her. She said that worked very well <br /> 17 and she may extend that opportunity to other advisory boards next year. <br /> 18 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how likely it is for a new nonprofit to be funded. <br /> 19 Bonnie Hammersley said a new agency could be funded if they supplement the work of <br /> 20 Orange County to the benefit of county residents. To give an example, she said there was a <br /> 21 new executive director of the Ronald McDonald House that applied for funding through this <br /> 22 process a couple of years ago, but was not recommended to receive funding because, while the <br /> 23 charity does great work, they do not provide a service that is a function of county government. <br /> 24 She said there is a belief it's hard to get funding through this process but not if the agency is <br /> 25 providing a service that is a function of county government that the county is not able to provide, <br /> 26 or improves a service the county already provides. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br />