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GBM26-0004 • 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of January 14, 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of January 14, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-01-22
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of how each grant will be used and managed are not specified in the provided official summary text.

FY 2025 Budget Changes for Grants

This bill modifies the FY 2025 grant budget to include several new grants and funding allocations.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a 'Child Card Development' grant of $12,837,555.01 for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
  • Includes a private grant of $250,000 from USDA for the Attorney General's office.
  • Provides $600,000 in federal funding for forensic DNA programs at the Department of Forensic Sciences.
  • Adds a grant of $50,000 to support historic preservation efforts through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
  • Includes a small private grant of $2,000 for investor protection.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia
  • Government agencies such as the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Department of Forensic Sciences, and the Attorney General's office

Terms To Know

Grant
Money given by a government or organization to support an activity.
Fiscal Year
A period of one year used for budgeting and financial reporting.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact impact on the overall budget is not detailed.
  • Details about how these grants will be managed or if there are any limits to their use are not provided.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-22 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole

  2. 2025-01-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0004 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of January 14, 2025

Current Bill Text

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MURIELBOWSERMAYOR
January21,2025
TheHonorablePhilMendelson
Chairman,
CounciloftheDistrictof Columbia
1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,NW, Suite504
Washington,DC 20004-3001
DearChairmanMendelson:
AsrequiredbytheContinuingAppropriationsandExtensionsAct,2025,approvedSeptember
26,2024(P.L.No.118-83)|amsubmittingforconsiderationbytheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiatheenclosedFY2025GrantBudgetModifications.
Asalways,mystaffisavailabletodiscussanyquestionsyoumayhaveregardingtheproposedbudgetmodifications.Inordertofacilitatearesponsetoanyquestionsregardingthemodifications,pleasehaveyourstaffcontactJasonKim,DeputyBudgetDirector,OfficeoftheCityAdministrator,at(202)340-7070.
‘Thankyouforyourassistanceinthismatter.
Mayokofthe
Enclosure

ce: NyashaSmith,SecretarytotheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiaGlenLee,ChiefFinancialOfficerAngellJacobs,DeputyChiefFinancialOfficerandChiefofStaff,OfficeoftheChiefFinancialOfficer
EricM.Cannady,DeputyChiefFinancialOfficer,OfficeofBudgetandPlanning,
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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FY 2025 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF JANUARY 14, 2025

The following are FY 2025 Federal and Private Grant Budget Modifications:

Agency
Grant
Type Grant Name
Reason for
Request
Budget
Amount
FTE
Request

COVID
-Related
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0.000DIS.Child Card
Development -
Discretionary Establishment $12,837,555.01 0.0 No
Office of the
Attorney
General of the
District of
Columbia Private CB0.USDA Grant Establishment $250,000.00 0.0 No
Department of
Forensic
Sciences Federal
FR0.Forensic DNA
Program Establishment $600,000.00 3.0 No
Office of
Planning Private
BD0-National Trust for
Historic Preservation Establishment $50,000.00 0.0 No
Department of
Insurance,
Securities, and
Banking Private
SR0 - Investor
Protection Trust (IPT) Establishment $2,000.00 0.0 No
Office of
Planning Federal
FY2021 HPF URC-DC
SHPO, History of Latino
Communities in DC Establishment $20,000.00 0.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education
Federal
GD0.000HEA.Headstart Establishment $66,160.92 1.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Private
Early education
Investment
Collaborative grant-
3RD Sector NE Establishment $677,678.18 0.0 No
Office of the
Deputy Mayor
for Planning
and Economic
Development Federal

RFSI Federal Grant
Establishment $2,000,000.00 0.0 No