Human Services Grants Funds
In 1989, the City Council charged this Commission with reviewing requests for human services funding and making recommendations to the Council. Currently, the Council awards $500,000 annually to nonprofit organizations. The targeted service recipients are elderly, youth, handicapped, substance abusers and the homeless.
Applications are received in the Community Services Department during October, November and December. An advertisement is published in the News and Observer announcing the availability of funds. Applications are automatically mailed to previous applicants. Any organization can be included on the mailing list by calling the Community Services Department at (919) 831-6100, or by downloading the Grants Application and mailing it to: City of Raleigh, Community Services Department, Human Services Grants Funding, P.O. Box 590, Raleigh, NC 27602.
The Commission appoints a subcommittee in January consisting of five commission members: one member of the Substance Abuse Advisory Commission, one representative from Wake County Human Services, one representative of a nonprofit community, and one representative of the community at large.
The subcommittee completes its review and presents the recommendations to the full Commission at its meeting in March. The full Commission accepts the recommendations, discusses any concerns, and forwards their recommendations to the City Manager, who then forwards it to the Council during the budget deliberation process. After the Council approves the budget, letters of notification are mailed to all applicants.
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