AGENDA DATE: 8/9/2017
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The Agency Budget and Review Team (ABRT) Background and Recommendations for the FY 19 Budget Development Process
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request that the Board approve the ABRT application process approach to improve the alignment of applications for FY 19 funding with the County's Strategic Plan
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Letteri, Kamptner, Savides and L. Allshouse
PRESENTER (S): Lori Allshouse, Phyllis Savides, and Gretchen Ellis, City staff
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: The Agency Budget and Review Team (ABRT) is a 16 member team that reviews and evaluates community agency program requests that are made to both the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County governments. City staff manages the ABRT process on behalf of both the City and the County. This includes issuing applications, facilitating orientations and trainings, providing technical assistance to applicant agencies, organizing and staffing team meetings, and preparing annual reports. The County provides funding to the City to support these coordination efforts. Annually, based on ABRT's evaluation and resulting scores and in consultation with County staff who work most closely with these agencies, the County's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provides the initial funding recommendations to the County Executive. The County Executive includes the recommendations for ABRT agency funding in the Recommended Budget.
The City/County ABRT was created in 1994 and the process has evolved along the way. In 2001, the ABRT process included a focus on achieving outcomes and incorporated outcome measurement as part of the application process. In 2012, the process was comprehensively evaluated, and the application for funding became aligned with City and County priorities. In 2016, applicants began to apply for funding using an on-line application tool, and the County transferred the r...
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