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GBM26-0016 • 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of April 3, 2025

FY 2025 Grant Budget Modification as of April 3, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-04-23
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes specific details about grant amounts that align with the official bill summary, but it does not provide information on how these grants will be used beyond their stated purposes.

FY 2025 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for fiscal year 2025 to include several new grants and funding requests.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a federal grant of $210,500.22 for employment services related to the Wagner-Peyser Act.
  • Includes a federal grant of $49,583.00 for electronic benefit transfer administration in education.
  • Provides a private grant of $2,700.00 from Panorama Back to School for District of Columbia Public Schools.
  • Adds a federal grant of $177,211.00 for the Child and Family Services Agency.
  • Includes a federal grant of $742,409.00 for child nutrition technology innovation at the Department of Human Services.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government agencies receiving grants

Terms To Know

Grant
Money given by a government or organization for a specific purpose.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is unclear if there are any limits on the amount or type of grants that can be added to the budget.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0016 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-04-23 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 April 3, 2025

Current Bill Text

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MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
April 23, 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.
rict of Columbia
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
23 rd Passive

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FY 2025 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF APRIL 3, 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
Department of
Employment
Services Federal
CF0.ESWPPY.
employment service-
wagner-peyser Establishment $210,500.22 0.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0.Summer Electronic
Benefit Transfer (EBT)
Admin Establishment $49,583.00 0.0 No
District of
Columbia
Public Schools Private
Panorama Back to
School Establishment $2,700.00 0.0 No
Child and
Family
Services
Agency Federal 203234 - RL0.KNAV Establishment $177,211.00 0.0 No
Department of
Human
Services Federal
202775 - FY25 Child
Nutrition (SEBT)
Technology Innovation
Grant Establishment $742,409.00 0.0 No
Department of
Parks and
Recreation Federal
HA0.Fort Lincoln
Recreation Center Establishment $1,557,893.50 0.0 No
Department of
Parks and
Recreation Federal
HA0.Jefferson Athletic
Field and Court Establishment $1,498,984.00 0.0 No
Department of
Parks and
Recreation Federal HA0.Kingman Island Establishment $854,238.00 0.0 No