Social Service Grants Committee Meeting October 30, 2026

The City of Topeka Social Service Grants Committee met on October 30, 2026. Staff presented outcome reports for the 2025 grant year, explaining how grantees reported projected and actual results and how a single grant award may support several outcome measures. The example discussed was a $24,300 award to Boys & Girls Club of Topeka, shown across multiple outcomes rather than divided into separate amounts. Members also discussed organizational changes involving Let’s Help and Catholic Charities. No new grant awards or dollar allocations were approved at this meeting.

The committee reviewed and approved the timeline for the 2028 grant process by motion and vote. The schedule calls for committee training in March 2027, release of the RFP by April 12, an application workshop the following week, application review and scoring in June, and final committee recommendations by August 2 for the City Council budget process; Council adoption of the budget is scheduled for October 1. The committee also approved the consent-agenda minutes from its July 16 and July 24 meetings. These actions set the schedule for future grant applications and funding recommendations.