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<br />2941 <br />19. Would your proposed <br />project help you to take <br />advantage of funding from <br />other sources besides this <br />grant in the future? <br />Funding from the OCCCA grant will enable USS to better <br />assist low income households in Orange County in three <br />ways: 1) Leverage remaining EPA funds to be spent in low <br />income areas (by providing 40% match in the Bolin Creek <br />watershed) and expand USS installations to the Tom’s <br />Creek watershed and the areas around CW Stanford Middle <br />and Carrboro Elementary Schools in Orange County; 2) Pay <br />teachers and students to job shadow environmental <br />contractors who are installing sustainable stormwater best <br />management practices in Orange County; 3) Enable USS to <br />use the OCCCA funds as matching funds towards other <br />grants we are pursuing, including from the Bank of America, <br />NC-DOJ Environmental Enhancement Grant program, and <br />Arbor Day Foundation. <br />20. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that <br />is relevant to the efficient <br />use of grant funds. <br />We are a volunteer board, and have additional volunteers <br />who assist with our programs. Our administrative overhead <br />is maintained at or below 10% of income. We believe in <br />minimizing expenses so that we can offer a greater number <br />of Triangle citizens our services. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 4 - Capacity of Applicant <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 3 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). <br /> <br />21. a. Has your organization <br />completed projects of this <br />type in the past? <br />b. If so, what funds were <br />used? <br />X Yes ☐ No <br /> <br />Funding used (Please describe): Please <br />see our answers to the questions above. Most <br />recently (last two years), we were awarded and <br />have successfully utilized funding from Burt’s <br />Bees, the Triangle Community Foundation, the <br />Environmental Protection Agency, the Orange <br />County Community Climate Action program, <br />and Carrboro and Wake County Stormwater <br />Services to conduct the types of projects <br />detailed in our answer to question #22 <br />immediately below. For photodocumentation of <br />our most recent completed projects, please <br />see https://www.urbanss.org/news. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566