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.