2018-02-14 Minutes
Non-County Agency Funding Committee
2/14/2018 Meeting Minutes
Present: Damien Buchanan (on the phone), Elizabeth DeBiasi, Neal Lewis, Bruce Mason, Randy Reeves,
Shannon Winslow and Fred Gainey
Staff/Administrative Support: Beth Schrader (facilitator) and Gwen Hill
1.Update to Work Schedule – While reviewing the agenda and future work plan, the committee
decided to amend the work schedule to add time to review and discuss the questions and
responses from the agencies prior to conducting the interviews. The amended work schedule is
as follows:
Date Topics to Covered
2/7 Overview of NHC Strategic Plan, FY17-18 NHC Adopted Budget and Services the
County Provides, Non-County Agency Requests Relative to Allocable Budgets,
Preliminary discussion re: Scoring Rubric and Weighting
2/14 Best Practices, Identify Buckets and Assign Non-County Agencies to Buckets, Finalize
Scoring Rubric
2/22 Feedback on Existing Recipients, Discussions re: Aggregated Scores
2/28 Review and Discuss Questions and Answers
3/7 Interviews
3/20 Interviews
3/28 Allocation Decisions
2.Housekeeping Items
1.Adoption of Meeting Minutes - The Committee reviewed the 2/7/18 meeting minutes.
Fred made a motion to accept the 2/7/18 meeting minutes as written. The motion was
unanimously approved.
2.Strategic Plan - There were no additional questions related to the County’s Strategic Plan.
3.Questions for Non-County Agencies - In order to allow sufficient time for all committee
members to provide their input, questions for the outside agencies are now due to Beth
by noon on Friday 2/16/18. The committee requested that each agency receive an
individualized email with only their agency’s specific questions and an invitation to the
appropriate interview meeting(s) for their grouping.
3.Review Best Practices – Beth reviewed best practices which included:
1.Consistency
2.Transparency
3.Accountability
4.Encourage Collaboration
5.Amount $ Allocated to Agency Reasonable to Provide Program/Accomplish Outcomes
6.Consistent w/Strategic Focus, Priorities, and Service Areas
4.Identify “Buckets” / Assign Non-County Agencies / Set Interview Dates for Buckets
1.The committee sorted and grouped the individual programs / services into seven
“buckets” or service areas, then identified which groups would be interviewed on which
date.
3/7 Meeting
YWCA Lower Cape Fear – New Choices Economic Empowerment Program
UNCW – Small Business Resource Coalition
Kids Making It – Instilling Hands On Connection of Work to Income
Phoenix Employment Services Job & Life Skills Programs (Step Up Wilmington)
Blue Ribbon Commission – Voyage Summer Employment Program
Wilmington’s Residential Adolescent Achievement Place, Inc. (WRAAP)
One Love Tennis – Academic Enrichment
GLOW – College Bound Program
Communities in Schools-Integrated Student Support
Cape Fear Literacy Council-Adult Literacy & English Language Instruction
Community Boys & Girls Club-Skills for Success
Brigade Boys & Girls Club-Beyond Club Walls
Coastal Horizons-Rape Crisis Center
Domestic Violence-Shelter Services
Coastal Horizons-Open House Youth Shelter
The Carousel Center-Child Advocacy Center
Good Shepherd Center-Emergency Services for the Homeless
Elderhaus Inc. Elderhaus at the Lake-Adult Daycare Operations
3/20 Meeting
Cape Fear Clinic - Pharmacy Services
First Fruit Ministries - Medical Outreach Program
WARM-Dilapidated Housing Rehab
The First Tee-Life Skills Experience
One Love Tennis
ACCESS of Wilmington-ACCESS Fit
DREAMS of Wilmington Inc.- Summer Camp
Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC-Grant Admin & Marketing
th
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum-Free 5 Grade Field Trip for NHC Schools
Children’s Museum-Summer Camp Scholarships/Art Room Floor & Ceiling Repairs
Coastal Horizons-RESET
Blue Ribbon Commission-VOYAGE Community Outreach Advocates
Recovery Resource Ctr-Educational Classes to Promote Hope & Empowerment
LINC-MC Roberts Transitional Housing Program
Vantage Point, Inc.-Teen Court
Feast Down East-Mobile Produce Market
Food Bank-Building Solutions in NHC
Food Bank-Nourishing Children in NHC
Food Bank-Nourishing Families in NHC
Good Shepherd Center-Emergency Food Services for Homeless
NourishNC-Backpack Program
Wheel of Hope-Let’s Go to Work
5.Discussion about Scoring Rubric and Weighting – The committee discussed the Rubric and made
a couple of changes. Amended Rubric was emailed to all members.
Meeting Minutes Prepared by: Beth Schrader and Gwen Hill