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Home My WebLink AboutRFP Application suggestion - Habitat for HumanityALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Hi, Commissioner. Thanks. Yes, I'm happy to share my input in writing. I believe the committee would benefit from training on the scoring/assessment portion of the granting process from someone who knows grants from the grantor side. My recommendation is Siobhan Canty. As CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, she is intimately familiar with helping community members improve their grantmaking skills. My observation of last year's grant making process brought to mind a time when JCF sponsored an annual grantmaking event. Non-profits were invited to apply, and the grants were evaluated and critiqued at a public workshop by experienced grant makers from various foundations. It was a humbling experience for us non-profit grant writers, because they didn't let us get by with sloppy thinking, well-meaning platitudes, incomplete budgets, lack of due diligence (failure to substantiate the case), or wishy-washy timelines. I believe the Housing Fund Board would benefit from holding us non-profits to significantly higher standards. The committee members, as kind and compassionate folks, did a lot of backfilling for what we grant seekers should have legitimately done as our homework in submitting complete, well thought out, proposals. Frankly, I saw budgets and narratives that should have embarrassed the submitters, but there was no accountability for that. Because we are all well known to one another, the HFB probably cut too much slack for the shortcomings, filling in the blanks when we grant seekers should be doing that. As a result, the BOCC (and ultimately the county's citizens) may not have received the kind of vetting that would ensure the best impact for funds expended. One other thing I think training could and should address is helping the committee pre-plan what it will do when there are way more asks than dollars, particularly when every need is great. Straight-across-the-board, percentage-based cuts such as those that were implemented last year hurt the grant seekers who deliberately submit modest proposals proportionate to the (published) available dollars, while rewarding those who "go for broke." A good training session will help the committee feel stronger in its ability to hold applicants accountable and to make difficult choices in a world of resource constraints. Please let me know if you want more information or would like me to elaborate. I sincerely hope this is taken as constructive feedback intended to strengthen an important process and provide the committee with the resources it needs to do the best job. In partnership, Jamie Maciejewski Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County P.O. Box 658 • Port Townsend, WA 98368 office: (360) 379-2827 director@habitatejc.org • habitatejc.org <http://www.habitatejc.org/> ________________________________ From: Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2026 10:57 PM To: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org>; Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com>; Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org <vikis@ecopraxis.org> Subject: Re: RFP committee Hi Jamie - if your suggestions are something that you can describe in writing, you can submit your ideas here through this email string. Or if you’d prefer to meet in person to talk about it, let’s set some time in the next week or two. Thanks for your input. -Heather Heather Dudley-Nollette County Commissioner, District 1 Jefferson County Courthouse P.O. Box 1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Office: (360) 385.9100 Desk: (360) 385.9157 Mobile: (360) 774-1986 All e-mail sent to this address has been received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and is therefore subject to the Public Records Act, a state law found at RCW 42.56. Under the Public Records law the County must release this e-mail and its contents to any person who asks to obtain a copy (or for inspection) of this e-mail unless it is also exempt from production to the requester according to state law, including RCW 42.56 and other state laws. ________________________________ From: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org> Sent: Monday, 29 June 2026 16:33:49 To: Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com>; Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org <vikis@ecopraxis.org> Subject: Re: RFP committee ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Thanks, Audrey. Good to know. My input has more to do with what I perceive as a need for the committee that scores the proposals to have more training and a better evaluation process. After watching the process last year, I felt that the proposal evaluation process could be improved to more closely align with best practices. I don't have so much input on the RFP itself. How would you like me to provide that input? Jamie ________________________________ From: Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2026 4:26 PM To: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org>; Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org <vikis@ecopraxis.org > Subject: Re: RFP committee Hi Jamie, Thanks for reaching out. Vicki and I just connected regarding this today. I will send a list of providers to send the revised RFP to for input and feedback tomorrow. We will ask for all input to be received by the next HFB meeting on July 22nd, and this will give us time to incorporate and stay on track timewise. Audrey ________________________________ From: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2026 4:23 PM To: Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org <vikis@ecopraxis.org>; Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com> Subject: Re: RFP committee Hello, all. I haven't heard anything about the granting process. The changes that I believe need to happen are ones that need to be incorporated well before publication of an RFP. Is there anything I need to do to help facilitate movement? Thanks so much. Jamie Maciejewski Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County P.O. Box 658 • Port Townsend, WA 98368 office: (360) 379-2827 director@habitatejc.org • habitatejc.org <http://www.habitatejc.org/> ________________________________ From: Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us> Sent: Friday, March 6, 2026 10:04 AM To: Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org <vikis@ecopraxis.org>; Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com> Cc: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org> Subject: RE: RFP committee Oh boy – that would be really great, Jamie. Thanks for your interest in being part of this. I’ll leave it to Audrey and Viki to communicate about the process they’re envisioning, but you all have my full support along the way. And of course I’ll make sure we give you time to report on your progress and needs at HFB whenever you’re ready. -H [Note: I’m replying here with my HFB Chair “hat” on, since we do not make a quorum of the HFB. However, I’m removing Greg – just because of the OPMA grey area with BoCC, once I reply to a message received. I’m a bit nerdy (probably overly cautious) when it comes to those rules, but I’ll let him know that I saw his message on Monday.] From: Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us> Sent: Friday, March 6, 2026 9:36 AM To: Carolyn Gallaway <carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Heather Dudley-Nollette <HDudley-Nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us>; vikis@ecopraxis.org; Audrey Morford <audreymorford@gmail.com> Cc: Jamie Maciejewski <director@habitatejc.org> Subject: RFP committee I believe we appointed Viki and Audrey to a committee to review an update the HFB RFP for 2026. Jamie Maciejewski has expressed an interest in helping the HFB strengthen the RFP and process, and I hope that you'd consider adding her as a member of the committee, Greg 235942-14-16,P-R-64513-18-11,P-R-51916-84-31,P-D-1160141-1-4,,P-R-1854879-9-2,P-R-1462420-4-4,P-R-1075199-6-4,P-R-1013930-4-5,P-R-47601-18-13,P-R-33916-1-5,P-R-33580-8-9,P-R-1827533-15-11,P-R-1827530 -14-10,P-R-1827520-6-5,P-R-1827497-9-3,P-R-1804941-8-3,P-R-1790557-16-4,P-R-1752365-14-15,P-R-1644428-2-9,P-R-1658015-14-19,P-R-1596027-6-5,P-R-1581393-4-5,P-R-1477961-6-4,P-R-1419766-4-5,P-R-1288838 -14-15,P-R-1288735-14-16,P-R-1281568-2-3,P-R-1219506-4-4,P-R-1173809-4-5,P-R-1157451-4-4,P-R-1115965-4-4,P-R-1035921-4-4,P-R-59820-18-105,P-R-59426-1-3,P-R-46913-18-8,P-R-1590852-4-5,P-R-1801693-16-3 ,P-R-1794914-16-4,P-R-1790911-12-2,P-R-1261613-14-16,P-R-19262-1-12,P-R-1821979-8-2,P-R-1798096-12-14,P-R-1740530-1-3,P-R-1644088-8-6,P-R-1641840-13-17,P-R-1622421-11-11,P-R-1607662-14-15,P-R-1581108 -14-16,P-R-1574269-10-10,P-R-1547687-10-13,P-R-1538609-13-18,P-R-1474733-14-22,P-R-1430527-14-16,P-R-1291482-8-12,P-R-1254109-13-14,P-R-1712777-10-11,P-R-1649873-3-11,P-R-1641587-1-6,P-R-1583865-1-6, P-R-1563945-1-8,P-R-1128630-1-7,P-R-1098412-1-5,P-R-1091267-1-59,P-R-81720-1-2,P-R-58406-1-5,P-D-50697-2-4,P-D-29719-1-1,P-D-29718-1-1,P-D-29593-7-6