Grants and outside funding items in Durham County
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| Grants and outside funding | 76 |
| Budget and appropriations | 53 |
| Health and human services | 40 |
| Police and public safety | 13 |
| Fire and EMS | 9 |
| Public facilities | 9 |
| Environment and sustainability | 8 |
| Farmland and open space | 7 |
| Drugs and addiction | 6 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 6 |
| Contracts and procurement | 5 |
| Parks and recreation | 5 |
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Completes the $272,750 purchase of a bottomland forest tract near the Sandy Creek confluence that the board approved in January 2025. A $173,000 NC Land and Water Fund grant pays most of it, and $99,750 moves from the open space project to cover the county's share. The site holds shellbark hickory, a tree the state li…Consent agenda Budget and appropriationsEnvironment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceGrants and outside fundingParks and recreation
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Housing for New Hope and Central Pines Regional Council report on UNITE Street Medicine, the ARPA-funded team that brings health care to unsheltered residents with partners including the HEART response team and Durham Tech.
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Accepts $35,000 passed through from the City of Durham's $175,000 Together Table grant, from the African American Mayors Association and the American Beverage Foundation. Cooperative Extension would hire a part-time community garden coordinator and expand cooking and nutrition classes through September 2027.
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26-0495 Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 27BCC026 Public Health to Recognize $11,791 for Family PlanningAccepts $11,791 more in state family planning money for the health department, the difference between the budgeted amount and the 2026-27 award. No county money is needed.
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Staff report on a $500,000 youth grant program funding 10 to 12 one-year grants to nonprofits for mental health, enrichment and academic support. Applications open 16 October and are due 20 November.
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26-0478 Closed SessionA closed session before the regular meeting to consult the county attorney under G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3). The chair reported afterwards that no action was taken and direction was given to staff.Held; no action taken, direction given to staff.
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A resolution for the 95th birthday of Carrie Zimmerman Matthews, a reading instructor and undergraduate adviser at North Carolina Central University for more than 45 years.Adopted; read by Commissioner Burton.
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A proclamation naming September National Recovery Month. The Recovery Community of Durham holds its tenth annual event on 26 September at Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church.Adopted.
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A one-year extension of the Governor's Highway Safety Program grant for the Sheriff's Office, funding two deputies on traffic enforcement at 75 percent county and 25 percent federal money, and cutting one position from the office's authorized count.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
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26-0428 Interlocal and Joint Use Agreements for New Emergency Operations Center and Backup 911 Call CenterAn interlocal agreement and joint use agreement with the City of Durham for the new emergency operations center and backup 911 call center at 2422 Broad Street. The project budget is $55,156,315.24, with the county responsible for $25,869,253, or 46.9 percent. The city council considers it on 21 September.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.Contract or award Fire and EMSGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesIntergovernmental agreementsPolice and public safetyPublic facilities
- 2422 Broad St · 8.0 acres · County of Durham
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Recognizing $15,000 from the Burt's Bees Foundation for Conservation Corps North Carolina's ecological restoration work on county preserves.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
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Recognizing $171,408 from the 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant and approving an interlocal agreement with the City of Durham, splitting the money evenly between a Sheriff's Office training system and the police department's training and forensic services divisions.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
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Recognizing $300,000 from Carolina Complete Health for public health work on barriers to care for uninsured and underinsured residents. No county money is required.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
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26-0384 FY 2026-27 Governor's Highway Safety Program grant, and a reduction of one sheriff's positionA one-year extension of the state highway safety grant, now at a 75 percent local match. It funds two traffic-enforcement deputies rather than the three it started with in 2022, and cuts one authorized position from the sheriff's office. The county pays $143,251 against $47,750 federal.
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Appropriates $150,000 in General Fund fund balance for a Library Master Facilities Plan.
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Recognizes $233,176 from NC DHHS for local public health workforce development.
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Recognizes $15,000 from the state Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health grant for Family Matters Durham.
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Recognizes $56,250 from the state Chronic Disease and Injury, Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch for tobacco/nicotine prevention training in Region 5.
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Shifts $933,464.49 from two completed Sheriff's Office capital projects, plus $142,587.23 in PAYGO funds, to fund the first year (total $1,076,051.72) of a five-year, up to $2,835,557.06 contract with Tritech/CentralSquare Technology to move the Sheriff's Office computer-aided dispatch system to the cloud.
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Recognizes $2,444 from the state Communicable Disease Branch for HIV/STI screening, treatment, and prevention services.
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Recognizes $850,290 in additional state funding and authorizes nine new full-time positions in the Department of Social Services to implement federally mandated Medicaid changes from H.R. 1.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesPolice and public safety
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Board review of the Sheriff's Office's $171,408 Byrne JAG grant application, split 50/50 with the Durham Police Department, to fund a virtual reality training tool among other uses.
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Consent agenda Grants and outside funding
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The board is asked to proclaim June 2026 National Pride Month in Durham County.
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A budget amendment to recognize $16,909 in Duke Energy "Share the Light" funds for the Department of Social Services, used to help residents in crisis pay energy bills, deposits, or reconnection charges. No county funds are required.
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26-0264 FY 2026-27 County Funding Plan for the Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) for Aging AdultsThe board is asked to review and approve the county's funding plan for the Home and Community Care Block Grant, which pays for services that let older adults stay in their homes, such as adult day care, congregate and home-delivered meals, and transportation.
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A preview, ahead of the June 8 regular session vote, of a budget amendment recognizing $16,909 in Duke Energy "Share the Light" funds for the Department of Social Services to help residents pay energy bills.
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26-0264 FY 2026-27 County Funding Plan for the Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) for Aging AdultsA preview, ahead of the June 8 regular session vote, of the county's funding plan for services that help older adults stay in their homes.
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Adoption of an updated high performance building policy, a construction contract, property tax releases and refunds for April, and adjustments to the county's federal pandemic recovery funds.
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The item would move $1,690,296 in ARPA funds from the Early Years Build Babies Durham project to the Slater Road/Shiloh Glen lift station project, raising that project's ARPA share to $14,825,577, and replace the Early Years funding with ARPA interest income so its total award stays at $4,090,296.
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Recognizing $72,878 from the State Library of North Carolina's Libraries Strengthening Connections grant to buy laptops for library programming.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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26-0134 Budget Amendment Recognizing $117,318.17 in Library Revenue from the Durham Library FoundationRecognizing $117,318.17 in additional library revenue from the Durham Library Foundation, on top of its usual annual grant contribution.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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26-0138 Budget Amendment Recognizing $1,500 Delta Dental Foundation Grant for Community Smiles InitiativeRecognizing $1,500 from the Delta Dental Foundation for the public health department's Community Smiles initiative.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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Recognizes $7,245.83 for Cooperative Extension family and consumer science programs.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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Recognizing $5,000 from the Durham Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for the Durham Recovery Court.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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Recognizing a $600,000 grant from the state Division of Social Services for the Welcome Baby family support program, and creating a 0.65 full-time-equivalent post.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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Recognizes a $3,590 state health department grant for child and adolescent health.Approved unanimously on the consent agenda (voice vote, per the recording)
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The amendment would recognize $72,878 from the State Library of North Carolina's Libraries Strengthening Connections Grant, funding 70 laptops for patron use across the county's seven library branches.
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26-0134 Budget Amendment Recognizing $117,318.17 in Library Revenue from the Durham Library FoundationThe amendment would recognize a one-time $117,318.17 gift to the library system from the Durham Library Foundation, on top of the foundation's regular annual giving.
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26-0138 Budget Amendment Recognizing $1,500 Delta Dental Foundation Grant for Community Smiles InitiativeThe amendment would recognize a $1,500 Delta Dental Foundation grant for the Public Health Department's Community Smiles Initiative, which distributes dental care items at community events.
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The grant funds the Farm Campus and creates a new farm manager position within Cooperative Extension.
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The amendment would add $14,820.61 in Smart Start grant funding to Cooperative Extension's Welcome Baby Program.
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The amendment would recognize a fourth year of a $50,396 state grant for the Office of Emergency Services' EMS division.
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A $240,000 state grant would pay for a stream restoration project addressing stormwater and erosion at the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park.
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The amendment would add $100,000 to the county's matching grant program for outside groups' capital projects; a commissioner asked staff to look at raising that amount after this year's requests outstripped it.
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The amendment would recognize $2,248 in state funding for the county's child fatality prevention work.
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The $60,000 contract with the Diaper Bank of North Carolina would supply about 100,000 diapers and other basic supplies to families in the county.
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The $475,000 Golden LEAF Foundation grant would launch the first phase of a Farm Campus on county land off Orange Factory Road, including hiring a farm manager.
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A long consent agenda of budget ordinance and capital project amendments, a vehicle maintenance contract, an EPA environmental grant the manager was authorised to execute, the third-quarter Durham annual transit work programme, an updated city-county interlocal agreement, and a fire and rescue consolidation interlocal…
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Twelve items in one vote. The largest is $865,273.57 with Stryker for ambulance equipment: eleven power cot loading systems, 45 stair chairs and seven mechanical CPR devices. Also $1,524,565 to HDR Engineering for the East Durham rail project, most of it grant money with a $305,000 local match; $369,949 in year-four f…
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Four items: an $865,273.57 Stryker contract for EMS Power-LOAD units, stair chairs and LUCAS CPR devices; a $14,194,990.03 budget amendment rolling over FY 2024-25 encumbrances; a $10,000 Carnegie Corporation gift to the county library; and a $1,500 USDA-funded grant for Cooperative Extension disaster risk management…
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Largest items: a $1,193,227.00 contract with Southern Wall Systems for Justice Services Center exterior and window work; a $974,879.51 contract with KBS Earthworks for the Whispering Pines stream restoration, alongside a $600,000 NCDEQ grant for the project; a $535,356 annual grant to Urban Ministries of Durham; adopt…
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Notices include a warning that the federal shutdown is disrupting SNAP food benefits, though DSS will keep processing applications; the county's Open Space Matching Grant applications close November 12; and the Welcome Baby coat drive runs November 17 through January 9.
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Largest items: a $1,690,296 ARPA reallocation that pauses the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot amid pending state legislation and cuts $199,590 from an East Durham Market SNAP pilot, redirecting the funds to raise the Early Years childcare grant from $2,400,000 to $4,090,296; a $182,173 FST Technical Services commi…
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The board is asked to suspend its rules to let the Chair sign a $500,000 Great Trails State Grant Program agreement with the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for acquiring the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail corridor, needed before a November 19 closing.
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Largest items: a $1,690,296 ARPA reallocation that pauses the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot amid pending state legislation and cuts $199,590 from an East Durham Market SNAP pilot, redirecting the funds to raise the Early Years childcare grant to $4,090,296; a $182,173 FST Technical Services commissioning contrac…
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The consent agenda includes a capital project and budget amendment moving $80,300 to the General Fund and recognizing $213,000 from the Army National Guard's REPI program to complete a $293,300 purchase of a 25-acre conservation easement on Tilley Farm; a $14,470 amendment to RND Architects' contract (to $242,669) for…
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The consent agenda includes a $6,173,542 contract with Alliance Health to manage mental health, developmental disability and substance use services; a $932,221 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan for Social Services; three conservation easements totaling about $1.8 million: 119 acres in five parcels along…Consent agenda Drugs and addictionElections and districtsEnvironment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceFire and EMSGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesWater and sewer
- 1717 Hopkins Rd · 41 acres · Frances S Cook, Trustee; Frances S Cook Revocable Trust
- 5615 Bahama Rd · 76 acres · Washington, Tom C Jr
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The consent agenda includes a $146,073.12 purchase of EMS video laryngoscopes from Boundtree Medical; a $932,221 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan for Social Services; a $105,000 ballot-printing contract with Runbeck Election Services; six public health grant recognitions ranging from $3,200 to $212,893…Consent agenda Elections and districtsEnvironment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceFire and EMSGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesWater and sewer
- 1717 Hopkins Rd · 41 acres · Frances S Cook, Trustee; Frances S Cook Revocable Trust
- 5615 Bahama Rd · 76 acres · Washington, Tom C Jr
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The Farmland Protection Advisory Board will report on the past year's work under the Farmland Protection Program, the Voluntary Ag District Program and the Ag Economic Development Grant Program.
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The consent agenda includes a $1,500,000 budget amendment to fund the Durham Affordable Housing Loan Fund, part of a $5 million push by the county, city and Duke University to grow the revolving loan fund to $30 million; a $656,331.78 purchase of Sheriff's Office FY26 vehicle equipment; a $562,240.31 EMS billing and c…Consent agenda Budget and appropriationsDrugs and addictionFire and EMSGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesHousing and affordabilityPolice and public safetyPublic facilitiesSchools and educationTransit
- 1129 E Geer St · 0.84 acres · Knightdale Holdings LLC
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The consent agenda includes a $1,500,000 budget amendment to fund the Durham Affordable Housing Loan Fund, part of a $5 million push by the county, city and Duke University to grow the revolving loan fund to $30 million; a $656,331.78 purchase of Sheriff's Office FY26 vehicle equipment; a $246,815.70 contract with Bli…
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Social Services and Public Health staff will brief the board on SNAP and Medicaid administration in Durham County and on federal policy changes that could reduce funding and affect county operations and residents.
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Staff will brief the board on the process for the County Manager to endorse local projects applying to Golden LEAF's Community-Based Grants Initiative, which can award up to $1.5 million per county for job creation, workforce and agriculture projects.Presentation Grants and outside funding
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