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December 16, 2019

December 16, 2019

Present:

Commissioners: Ed Barrett, Jeni Tilton-Flood, Luke Shorty

MCCS Staff: Maryalice Crofton, Michael Ashmore, Jamie McFaul

Volunteer Generation Fund Applications

VGF continuations:

Southern Maine Agency on Aging
Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program
Window Dressers

The Task Force recommended that all the continuations be funded and moved forward to a vote by the full Commission.

New Applications:

Alfond Youth Center: Recommend approval with the condition to correct budget
Catholic Charities: Recommend approval under the waiver of competitive bidding and correct budget

AmeriCorps Applications

New Rural AmeriCorps:

Alfond Youth Center: Recommend to fund with conditions to correct their budget

AmeriCorps Competitive Continuation:

Maine Conservation Corps: Recommend approval with the condition to strengthen their narrative
Learning Works: Recommend approval across the board and recognition that they have changed their model
Healthy Acadia: Recommend approval with conditions that the program reduce MT members from 12 to 9, identify new program director

Maine Partnership for Environmental Stewardship: Not recommended for approval; The application did not make it out of peer review; the program could apply under Formula in the spring.