MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - County council has reviewed and approved Family Community Support Services (FCSS) grant allocations to various community groups and organizations totalling $132,576.
The grant review committee examined funding requests totalling $153,446. FCSS is an 80/20 funding partnership between the government of Alberta and the participating municipality.
Under the FCSS grant program communities design and deliver social programs that are preventative in nature, to promote and enhance well-being among individuals and communities, council heard.
“The programs developed are intended to help individuals within their communities to adopt healthy lifestyles, thereby improving the quality of life and building the capacity to prevent and/or deal with crisis situation should they arise,” said the county's chief administrative officer, Jeff Holmes.
Among those receiving funding are the Chinook’s Edge School Division's (CESD)’ Family School Wellness Program, which received $50,000, the CESD Youth Empowerment and Support Program, which received $18,650, the Mountain View Emergency Shelter Society, which received $12,000 for outreach programs and services, BGC of Olds and Area, which received $6,000.
Council accepted the grant committee report as information.
Under the FCSS grant funding program, 75 per cent of the approved funding is distributed upon approval of the grant, and the remaining 25 per cent by Sept. 30 in any given year once the required reporting information has been received at Mountain View County.
Council passed a second motion instructing the CAO to amend procedure 8012-01 to reflect that awards of less than $5,000 will not require 25 per cent of the award to be retained by the county.
