Montgomery County Maryland Operating Budget

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Program Description

Community Access to Public Space

This program provides community organizations and public agencies with access to public schools and government facilities for community services, programs, and events. Services performed by staff in support of this function include: user education training; centralized scheduling of schools, MCPS fields, libraries, regional service centers, County government meeting rooms, and the Silver Spring Civic Building; managing on-line customer facility requests; administering connectivity access to the facility database for school and County staff; providing information and referrals; and problem and conflict resolution. Additionally, working with MCPS staff, Parent Teacher Associations, and community-based groups in the implementation and review of facility use policies and procedures is an integral component of this program. This program also provides: general management and staff support to the Interagency Coordinating Board (CUPF's policy-making authority) and administration for community use operations, including financial processes and budgeting for the Community Use Enterprise Fund.

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Community Use of Public Facilities

Program Contacts

Contact Vanessa Lopez-Cuevas of the Office of Community Use of Public Facilities at 240-777-2724 or Mahnoor Anjum of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2771 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

Program Performance Measures

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY24	Actual FY25	Estimated FY26	Target FY27	Target FY28
Hours of paid school use	575,003	524,834	551,076	578,630	607,562
Hours of paid school field use	61,349	63,606	66,786	70,126	73,632
Hours of paid use for government buildings	3,687	4,435	3,770	3,770	3,770
Hours of paid community use in Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza	12,897	13,126	13,389	13,656	13,929
Hours of free use for government buildings	31,020	38,258	43,997	50,596	58,186
Number of groups awarded a subsidy for facility fees through either the Facility Fee Assistance Program (FFAP) or the Community Access Program (CAP)	85	94	95	95	95
Percent of groups awarded a subsidy for facility fees through either the Facility Fee Assistance Program (FFAP) or the Community Access Program (CAP) ¹	96.5%	78.3%	80.3%	82.3%	84.3%
Percent of school, field, and government building users satisfied with the reservation process	91.8%	88.8%	90.8%	92.8%	92.8%

¹ The decrease in percent of groups awarded a subsidy in FY25 is due to the volume of requests received by the department exceeding the available funding.

Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended Changes	Expenditures	FTEs
FY26 Approved	12192169	31.07
Increase Cost: MCPS Reimbursable Utility Cost Escalation	183710	0.00
Increase Cost: Building Space Expenses	31204	0.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.	61369	0.00
FY27 Recommended	12468452	31.07