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2 <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, made the following presentation: <br /> Slide #1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> F2023-24 <br /> COUNTY MANAGED <br /> RECOMMENDED BUDGET <br /> Outside Agencies <br /> May 11, 2023 <br /> BOCC Work Session <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said the Outside Agencies process begins each fall. She said there <br /> is a standard application for funding from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County for <br /> nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status. She said Melissa Allison in her office leads the coordination of <br /> outside agencies and sends applications to related advisory boards for review and scoring. She <br /> said the advisory boards' scores are reviewed by the County Manager before she holds <br /> individual meetings with each applicant. Bonnie Hammersley said she uses the ranking from <br /> advisory boards and also depends on input from the Department Director that works with the <br /> organization that applied for funding in order to ultimately make a funding recommendation to <br /> the Board. She stated there were a few changes to the Outside Agencies process this year, <br /> and she will discuss those later in the presentation. She said the input from advisory boards is <br /> important to this process and this year, for the first time, she invited the Board of Social <br /> Services to meet with the Outside Agencies they scored along with her. She said that worked <br /> very well and she may extend that opportunity to other advisory boards next year. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked how likely it is for a new nonprofit to be funded. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said a new agency could be funded if they supplement the work of <br /> Orange County to the benefit of county residents. To give an example, she said there was a <br /> new executive director of the Ronald McDonald House that applied for funding through this <br /> process a couple of years ago, but was not recommended to receive funding because, while <br /> the charity does great work, they do not provide a service that is a function of county <br /> government. She said there is a belief it's hard to get funding through this process but not if the <br /> agency is providing a service that is a function of county government that the county is not able <br /> to provide, or improves a service the county already provides. <br />