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Cara,
Thank you for sending me the information on the Grants-in-Aid
Applications. As I told you, I will not be able to attend the HRC
tomorrow evening. I would appreciate it if you would share the
following with the Commission members at the meeting:
I would like to say that the issue that concerned me the most was
the grants-in-aid criteria that dismissed the request by the Alliance
for Pharmaceutical Access on the basis that the monies requested
were going towards staff salaries and that access to
pharmaceuticals for the uninsured and underinsured was not a
major funding priority.
As a subcommittee member in 2016, these were my reasons for
recommending funding their program:
Meets criteria. Helps underinsured and seniors facing "medicare gap" in obtaining
prescriptions. 89% of budget comes from non‐govt donations. Have doubled the
number of SLO Clients served (80 several times a year). Partner with many other
agencies.
That year, the Commission recommended $5000 for the
organization while they had requested $11,500.
I believe they also received funding in 2017, although I could not
find the exact amount
After reading over the APA application in full, I can understand why
the subcommittee denied any funding. The funding requested was
primarily for the establishment of a Los Osos Clinic. I believe this
would have been a better rationale for denying funding rather than
the explanation that funding salaries and administrative expenses
was not a priority.
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At the last meeting a Commission member argued that we should
fund products and services, not salaries and administrative
expenses. Providing services cannot be done effectively in many
cases without the staff that provides the services.
If we judge that the grants should not be used for administrative
purposes, then I believe we owe the applicants that knowledge
prior to the application process rather than after the fact, and
should not dismiss any applicant for not knowing that this year. I
believe as money gets tighter, we should clearly explain what we
will fund and what we cannot.
I also believe the APA should be advised that their application
requested help expanding their services in the County, and while
we greatly appreciate what they do, limited funding required us to
make recommendations on the basis of services offered to SLO
residents.
Thanks for hearing me out, and I apologize for not being able to
attend the June 6th meeting.
Carol Sexton
Vice-Chair, Human Relations Commission
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Tonikian, Victoria
From:Vereschagin, Cara
Sent:Wednesday, June 06, 2018 10:02 AM
To:Tonikian, Victoria
Subject:FW: My thoughts on grants-in-aid
Hi Victoria, please see the following agenda correspondence for tonight’s HRC meeting. Can you publish?
Thanks!
Cara Vereschagin
Planning Technician
Community Development
919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218
E CVereschagin@slocity.org
T 805.781.7596
slocity.org
From: Vereschagin, Cara
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 10:01 AM
To: 'Carol Sexton' <
Subject: RE: My thoughts on grants‐in‐aid
Thank you Carol, I will forward this along as an agenda correspondence item to the Clerk’s Office.
Have a great rest of your day,
Cara Vereschagin
Planning Technician
Community Development
919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218
E CVereschagin@slocity.org
T 805.781.7596
slocity.org
From: Carol Sexton <
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 5:26 PM
To: Vereschagin, Cara <CVereschagin@slocity.org>
Subject: My thoughts on grants‐in‐aid
Meeting Date: 06-06-2018
Received: 06-06-2018
Item #: 2