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NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Non -County Agency Funding Committee
Government Center
GC Meeting Room 155
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 2:00 pm
Meeting Notes
1. Introduction of Agencies in attendance
Agencies introduced themselves. In attendance were Beacon Education, Children's
Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, Cape Fear HealthNet, paws4people, WARM, Level
Up Strategies and a few others that came in after the meeting started.
2. Introduction of New Hanover County staff
Staff introduced themselves. In attendance were Gwen Hill, David Rice, Amanda
Kostusiak and Scott Steinhilber.
3. Introduction of Committee Members & Announcement (see other side)
John Hinnant was in attendance and read the announcement. Others in attendance
were Gail Eddie, Clare Kiley, Shane Hartley and Candy Robbins.
4. FY24-25 Mid -Year Report Summary
David went over the Mid -Year Report Summary for FY24-25. All agencies have
reported. The committee looked over the mid -year report as they were reviewing the
applications for funding and had questions on some. David will follow up with the
agencies and report to the committee at the March meeting.
5. Funding Amount for FY25-26
Amanda said the allocation for Non -County Agency Funding is $1.6M.
6. Discuss Criteria on Rubric Spreadsheets
The committee reviewed and discussed the criteria on the rubric spreadsheets and
discussed some changes they'd like to make. Proposed changes were to delete either
column 5 or 6 because both were not needed and to add a column to say Service
(program) enhances the quality of life for residents of New Hanover County. 1. Strongly
Disagree, 2. Somewhat Disagree,3. Somewhat Agree or 4. Strongly Agree. A few committee
members had already left the meeting so Gwen will send an email to see what everyone
thinks.
7. Additional Questions for Agencies that Requested Funding
Applications were reviewed one by one to see what additional questions any of the
committee members had and to give the committee a chance to discuss the
applications. The committee worked until 4:30 pm ending with number 47
IndependentWorks. They will be back tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26, at 10:00
a.m., in the same conference room where they left off, which will be number 48 LINC,
Inc.
8. Other Discussions
Also in attendance was Tyler Braswell. He said he was applying for the Public
Safety/Judicial position on the committee, and he was there to observe. Gwen let the
committee know that Alison Linkner resigned from the committee because she
accepted another job and was not able to take off to attend meetings during work
hours. Gwen also let the committee members know that The Food Bank would like
them to come for a tour of their facility and Gwen wanted to know if anyone was
interested. Everyone was interested so Gwen will set something up with The Food
Bank and send everyone an email.