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e/22/2O2s <br />Kittitas County Board of Commissioners <br />205 W 5th Street <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />Dear Board of County Commissioners, <br />Su bject: Recom men dation for Fu nding Proposa ls <br />We, the members of the t/t}th of t% Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Tax Advisory <br />Board, are writing to formally recommend funding for: <br />Boys and Girls Club - STRIVE: Support, Tools, and Resilience for lnspiring Vulnerable Youth <br />CWU Community Clinic <br />HopeSource - Behavioral Health Bridge Program <br />Kittitas County Health Network - THRIVE Youth Mentoring <br />Peers Rising - Warmth & Wellness: Resilience and Life Skills Support in Kittitas County <br />Upper Kittitas County Senior Center - AccessPlus: Serving our Seniors and Heroes <br />After thorough consideration and evaluation, we believe that these proposals align with the <br />committee's priorities and mission and warrants financial support to achieve their goals. <br />Our committee has reviewed the applications, proposed budgets, and supporting documents <br />for the projects recommended above. We have scored the applications with consideration for <br />the potential impact, feasibility, and sustainability of the project, considering the needs of our <br />community and the available resources. Reasoning for these recommendations and the scoring <br />for each project are reviewed below. <br />Boys and Girls Club - STRIVE: Support, Tools, and Resilience for lnspiring Vulnerable Youth <br />F u n d i n g Re q u est: 5227,1-28.00 <br />Average Score: 2L/25 <br />The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin (BGCCB) proposed expanding its STRIVE initiative <br />(Support, Tools, and Resilience for lnspiring Vulnerable Youth). The initiative is a trauma- <br />informed mental health and substance use prevention project. Their 2025 request would