Title
Becoming a Community Builder Program
Proposed Motion
That the information received from The Changing Point organization regarding their "Becoming a Community Builder Program" be received for information.
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Background
Discussions with representatives of Changing Point has given us the following additional information with regards to this program
- they are selecting 20 communities to participate, 7 have been chosen to date with 12 more applications currently in the interview process
- they hope to have all 20 communities selected by the end of August
- if selected there is a $7500 cost to the Community to participate
- communities must have a stakeholder committee in place, which is representative of the community to be served, to participate in the application and interview process
- successful communities must be ready to launch the program the beginning of October.