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GBM26-0029 • 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-10-24
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about individual grants or their impacts beyond listing them in a table format.

FY 2026 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for fiscal year 2026 to include new funding requests from various District of Columbia agencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Modifies the FY 2026 Federal Grant Budget by adding new grants requested by different District of Columbia agencies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District of Columbia agencies that receive grants for their programs and projects.
  • The Mayor's office which submitted these budget modifications.

Terms To Know

ESSA
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a federal law that provides funding for primary and secondary education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact impact on individual programs or services is not detailed.
  • It's unclear how these budget modifications will be funded beyond the grant allocations mentioned.
  • Details about other agencies' requests and their specific impacts are not provided in this excerpt.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0029 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-10-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

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

Official Summary Text

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2025

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MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
October 24, 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:
Pursuant to section 446B of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved October 16, 2006
(120 Stat. 2040; D.C. Official Code§ 1-204.46b), I am submitting for review and approval by the
Council of the District of Columbia the enclosed FY 2026 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
1st Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2025
The following are FY 2026 Federal 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
GD0.000ESS.ESSA
Preschool -
Discretionary Establishment $4,998,859.00 6.0 0.0
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0.0PBFCL.Public
Facilities Establishment $3,500,000.00 0.0 0.0
Department of
Health Federal
HC0.CASP.Collab
Academia Strengthen
Public Health Establishment $2,673,062.52 0.0 0.0