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GBM26-0034 • 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 19, 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 19, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-11-21
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide detailed descriptions of specific projects or activities each grant will support, beyond their names and amounts.

FY 2026 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for fiscal year 2026 to include new funding requests from various agencies in Washington, D.C.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a storm loan fund project for $12 million.
  • Establishes a Title II formula grant for victim services and justice grants at $613,448.
  • Includes a federal grant for planning and economic development worth $1.4 million.
  • Provides funding for two epidemiology and laboratory capacity projects totaling over $5 million.
  • Adds funds for infants and toddlers education programs at $2.8 million.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Various agencies in Washington, D.C., including the Department of Health, Office of Victim Services, and the State Superintendent's office.

Terms To Know

Grant
Money given by a government or organization to support a specific project or activity.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how these grants will be funded.
  • It is unclear what specific projects or activities each grant will support beyond their names and amounts.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0034 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-11-21 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 NOVEMBER 19, 2025

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MU
RIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
November 21, 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
6th Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 19, 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
Homeland
Security and
Emergency
Management
Agency Federal
BN0.STRM24F.DC 2024
Storm Loan Fund Project
EMW-2024-ST-00014 Establishment $12,013,846.00 0.0 No
Office of Victim
Services and
Justice Grants Federal
FO0.DC Title II Formula
Grant Establishment $613,448.00 0.0 No
Office of the
Deputy Mayor
for Planning and
Economic
Development Federal RFSI Federal Grant Establishment $1,402,710.00 0.0 No
Department of
Health Federal
HC0.CNPF.
Epidemiology and
Laboratory Capacity
(ELC) Establishment $2,478,538.68 0.0 No
Department of
Health Federal
HC0.CNPF.
Epidemiology and
Laboratory Capacity
(ELC) Establishment $2,895,364.67 0.0 No
Office of the
State
Superintendent
of Education Federal
GD0.000IAT.Infants and
Toddlers Establishment $2,823,248.00 23.0 No
Department of
Motor Vehicles Federal
KV0 - FY24 CDLPI
Grant Program Establishment $114,000.00 0.0 No
Department of
Health Federal
HC0.PMNE.Pediatric
Mental Health New
Expansion Establishment $204,789.51 0.0 No
Department of
Energy and
Environment Private
KG0.20NEEF.
National Environmental
ED Foundation Establishment $54,056.08 0.0 No