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GBM26-0032 • 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 30, 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 30, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-11-04
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide information about how funds will be used beyond the listed grants, nor does it specify any limits or restrictions on adding new grants to the budget.

FY 2026 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for fiscal year 2026 to include new grants and funding requests.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a $60,000 grant for DC Public Schools' Becoming program.
  • Includes a $33,613 federal grant for school meals equipment.
  • Adds a $528,212.46 federal grant for the Farm to School program.
  • Includes a $1,383,069 bioretention flood mitigation project grant.
  • Adds an $1,563,450.70 federal grant for building codes energy programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • DC Public Schools
  • Office of the State Superintendent of Education
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
  • Department of Buildings
  • Department of Energy and Environment

Terms To Know

Grant Budget Modifications
Changes to the budget that includes new grants or adjustments to existing ones.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the funds will be used beyond the grants listed.
  • It is unclear if there are any limits on the types or amounts of grants that can be added to the budget.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0032 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-11-04 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 30, 2025

Current Bill Text

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MU
RIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
November 4, 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.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Enclosure
cc: Nyash a Smith, Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia
Gl
en 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
4th Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 30, 2025
The following are FY 2026 Federal and Private Grant Budget Modifications:
Agency
Grant
Type Grant Name
Reason for
Request
Budget
Amount
FTE
Request
COVID
-Related
District of
Columbia
Public Schools Private
GA0.0BECOM.DCPS
Becoming Establishment $60,000.00 0.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0_EQNSLL_
School Meals
Equip_H&W Establishment $33,613.00 0.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0.8200.D4FRM1.
Farm to School Establishment $528,212.46 0.0 No
Homeland
Security and
Emergency
Management
Agency Federal
403444 -
BN0.PDM24F.2nd St
Bioretention Flood
Mitigation Project
(LPDM-PJ-03-DC-
2024-002) Establishment $1,383,069.00 0.0 No
Department of
Buildings Federal
203256 -
CU0.DOB.Federal
Grant from DOE -
Building Codes Energy
Program Establishment $1,563,450.70 8.0 No
Department of
Energy and
Environment Federal
201045 -
KG0.21EVEX.
Exchange Network
Grant -Air Quality Establishment $34,495.04 0.0 No