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City opens 2024 capital grant funding applications for social service agencies

City of Manhattan News Posted on April 19, 2024 | Last Updated on May 10, 2024

(MANHATTAN, Kan. – April 19, 2024) — The City of Manhattan’s Community Support Funds Advisory Board (CSFAB) is accepting online applications from social service agencies through Tuesday, May 21 to submit capital funding requests for their organization.

For 2024, $107,411 is available for the CSFAB’s capital funding program.

Social service agencies seeking funding assistance to complete capital improvements for their organization may request up to $10,000 for their project when completing the online application.

Following the application deadline, CSFAB members will review capital funding requests at their June 5 board meeting. Applicants will have the opportunity to be present and provide public comment related to their application.

Board members will provide funding recommendations to the City Commission for their final consideration at the June 18, 2024, legislative meeting. Grant agreements are anticipated to be executed in July for those agencies awarded funding. Awarded capital projects must be completed with 12 months of execution of any grant agreement.

In 2023, CSFAB adopted guiding definitions and standards that board members may use in determining eligibility for CSFAB funding. Those definitions and standards can be found here.

Any questions regarding the application, or other general questions, may be directed to the CSFAB staff liaison, Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger.

In 2012, the City established a separate social services fund, generating money allocated from 1) voluntary donations from residents through utility bills, 2) rebates from credit card transactions through a voluntary purchasing card program for City vendors, and 3) rebates on City-issued credit cards from operational purchases carried out by City staff. The City Commission’s desire was to allocate these funds annually, when available, to assist social service agencies with completing one-time capital projects at their organization when funding may not otherwise be readily available.

CSFAB makes annual recommendations to the City Commission on how to distribute and grant social services funds to agencies and organizations, as well as recommends how to distribute and grant special alcohol funds to agencies and organizations.

The application process for annual funding requests for the 2025 budget year will commence in July 2024 with a separate application process. See approved CSFAB calendar for more details.


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