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GBM26-0036 • 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 25, 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 25, 2025

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-12-05
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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FY 2026 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for FY 2026 by adding new grants and adjusting funding amounts.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a new grant to help build resilient infrastructure with $1,282,667.44 in funds.
  • Includes a Title II Formula Grant for victim services with $166,167.84.
  • Establishes grants for crime victim assistance and residential substance abuse treatment programs.
  • Adds funding for employment services related to the EUPEUC COVID grant.
  • Provides support for SNAP earnings verification with $108,109.50.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government agencies receiving grants.
  • Victims and individuals in need of substance abuse treatment.
  • People seeking employment services and those using the SNAP program.

Terms To Know

FTE
Full-Time Equivalent, a measure used to represent the workload of employees.
SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps low-income people buy food.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact impact on each agency's budget is not detailed.
  • It does not specify how the grants will be used beyond their general purpose.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    GBM26-0036 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-12-05 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 25, 2025

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MUR
IEL BOWSER
MAYOR
December 5, 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: Nyasha S mith, 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
8th Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF NOVEMBER 25, 2025
The following are FY 2026 Federal 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.BRC Building
Resilient Infrastructure Establishment $1,282,667.44 0.0 No
Office of Victim
Services and
Justice Grants Federal FO0.DC Title II Formula
Grant Establishment $166,167.84 0.0 No
Office of Victim
Services and
Justice Grants Federal FO0.Crime Victim
Assistance Establishment $12,354.97 0.0 No
Office of Victim
Services and
Justice Grants Federal
Residential Substance
Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
Program Establishment $15,561.36 0.0 No
Office of Victim
Services and
Justice Grants Federal FO0.Crime Victim
Assistance Establishment $308,319.79 0.0 No
Department of
Employment
Services Federal
CF0.EUPEUC COVID
Grant Establishment $369,417.84 0.0 Yes
Department of
Human Services Federal
SNAP Earnings
Verification Support
Grant Establishment $108,109.50 0.0 No
Department of
Health Federal
203289 -
HC0.NPSP.National Park
Service Pest Control Establishment $86,853.05 0.0 No