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GBM26-0010 • 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of February 26, 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of February 26, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about which students or programs will benefit from the grants, so this information was removed.

FY 2025 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the FY 2025 grant budget by adding new grants for various agencies in Washington D.C.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a grant to help with adoption and legal guardianship payments.
  • Includes a grant to support computer science education in schools.
  • Provides funding for election security improvements.
  • Funds a program to verify SNAP benefits eligibility.
  • Supports research on viral hepatitis surveillance.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District of Columbia agencies and organizations receiving grants

Terms To Know

SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps people buy food.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be taken from other parts of the budget to fund these grants.
  • It is unclear if there are any limits on how the grant funds can be used by the agencies.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0010 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-03-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

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

Official Summary Text

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of February 26, 2025

Current Bill Text

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MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
March 10, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004-3001
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
As required by the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, approved September
26, 2024 (P.L. No. 118-83) I am submitting for consideration by the Council of the District of
Columbia the enclosed FY 2025 Grant Budget Modifications.
As always, my staff is available to discuss any questions you may have regarding the proposed
budget modifications. In order to facilitate a response to any questions regarding the modifications,
please have your staff contact Jason Kim, Deputy Budget Director, Office of the City
Administrator, at (202) 340-7070.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Enclosure
cc: Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia
Glen Lee, Chief Financial Officer
Angell Jacobs, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer
Eric M. Cannady, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
18th Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2025 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF FEBRUARY 26, 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
Child and
Family
Services
Agency Federal
RL0.8200. Adoption and
Legal Guardianship
Incentive Payments Establishment $127,500.00 0.0 No
District of
Columbia
Public Schools Private
GA0 AP Computer
Science Principles Establishment $5,000.00 0.0 No
Board of
Elections Federal
DL0.HAVA20.2020
HAVA Election Security
Grant Establishment $18,485.01 0.0 No
Department of
Human
Services Federal
FY25 SNAP Earnings
Verification Support
Grant (EVS) Establishment $129,916.00 0.0 No
Department of
Health Federal
HC0.21IVHS.
Integrated Viral
Hepatitis Surveillance Establishment $320,786.20 0.0 No
District of
Columbia
Public Schools Private Banneker Bound Establishment $265,500.00 0.0 No
Department of
Health Care
Finance Federal
HT0.Continuity of Care
Following Incarceration Establishment $603,149.76 2.0 No
Department of
Health Care
Finance Federal
HT0.Transforming
Maternal Health
(TMaH) Grant Establishment $999,999.63 3.0 No
Department of
Behavioral
Health Federal
RM0.51CCBHC.
District of Columbia
CCBHC Planning Grant Establishment $900,927.50 3.0 No