Grants will open Jan. 4; applications due Feb. 12 with reviewer scores due March 21

County staff laid out the application and reviewer timeline for the FY28 grant cycle, urging members to expect an earlier budget-office deadline this year. "The grants are gonna open January 4, and then they will be due by February 12," Angeline Johnson said, adding that staff hopes to assign applications to committee reviewers by Feb. 15 and have reviewers' scores due March 21 so the packet is ready for an April 1 meeting.

Johnson warned that the budget office deadline has been moved earlier in the year, meaning staff might not be able to schedule a second April meeting and recommended a two-hour April 1 meeting to ensure adequate review time. She said final awards will be contingent on the county manager's budget message in May and the commissioners' budget adoption in June.