Contracts for Services and Community Services Program Announcements
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Fulton County Arts & Culture - Contracts for Services Progam
The deadline to submit applications for 2020 is closed.
Additional opportunities to apply in the Small Arts Project for Organizations & the Individual Artist will be announced in spring 2020.
The Contracts for Services funding program provides unrestricted general operating and project support to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, arts & culture organizations, cultural institutions, colleges, and universities, as well as units of government that produce or present ongoing arts programming open to the public. CFS contractors present programs that reflect the cultural diversity of the county, captures the imagination of adults, families, and youth, invigorate neighborhood growth, support economic development and provide jobs.
CFS applicants are reviewed and awarded using the following evaluation criteria; artistic merit, service to the community and field, organizational effectiveness, and accessibility. Contractors are selected after a thorough evaluation by an advisory panel of professionals representing all artistic categories. The organizations that were awarded funding are projected to serve more than four million people in Fulton County. Community-based arts organizations throughout Fulton County are encouraged to apply annually for participation in the CFS Program through the Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture. Applications are reviewed by staff, the Fulton County Arts Council and the newly implemented Allocations Committee, which provides additional accountability to support the Fulton County strategic goal that “AII People's Lives Are Culturally and Recreationally Enriched" prior to submission to the Board of Commissioners.
The funding provided to chosen organizations works in concert with financial support from corporate/foundation sponsorship of arts programs and helps ensure a vibrant arts community in Fulton County.
For more information, visit the Fulton County Arts and Culture Department at http://www.fultonarts.org
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Department of Community Development - Youth and Community Services Division
(Update 2/19/2020) 2020 Community Services Program (CSP) RFP
The 2020 Community Services Program RFP was released on October 16, 2019, and closed on November 22, 2019. The 2020 CSP funding recommendations was presented to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners at the February 19, 2020 Recess meeting (Agenda item# 20-0132). The agenda and minutes from the February 19th Board meeting can be viewed on the County’s Website: https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/commissioners/agenda-minutes
The 2020 CSP funding recommendations will be presented again to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners at the March 4, 2020 Regular Board meeting. After the Board takes final action on the recommendations, the approved award list will be posted on the Purchasing Bid Page. Applicants will receive an e-mail specific to their respective RFP status. A list of applicants that successfully submitted an online RFP by the November 22nd 3:00pm deadline, is posted on the Fulton County Purchasing Department bid page: http://bidboard.fultoncountyga.gov/Apps/bidboard/MainSearchPage.php To view the applicant list ("TAB Sheet"), select the RFP project title “2020 Community Services Program"; select the "Details" icon; scroll to the "Tabulation Sheet" row to select the list.
**NO CONTACT DURING PROCUREMENT PROCESS regarding the 2020 CSP RFP**
It is the policy of Fulton County that the evaluation and award process for County contracts shall be free from both actual and perceived impropriety, and that contacts between potential vendors and County officials, elected officials and staff regarding pending awards of County contracts shall be prohibited. Provisions of the ordinance shall terminate at the time that the BOC awards or approves a contract, rejects all proposals or otherwise takes action which ends the solicitation process.
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My Brother’s Keeper Fulton County Competitive Application (MBKFC)
The MBKFC competitive application was released on July 15, 2019, and closed August 12, 2019. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved the allocation of $100,000 in funding to 14 non-profit agencies (Agenda item#19-0738). The list of 2019 MBKFC award recipients can be accessed via the Department of Community Development Webpage https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/inside-fulton-county/fulton-county-departments/community-development
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