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GBM26-0039 • 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2025

FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2025

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

Plain English Breakdown

The provided candidate explanation included details that were not supported or detailed in the official bill summary and text, specifically regarding adjustments to existing grants. The exact impacts and benefits of these modifications are also not specified in the given information.

FY 2026 Grant Budget Changes

This bill modifies the grant budget for fiscal year 2026 by adding new grants.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a COVID-related grant to help the Department of Employment Services.
  • Includes a federal grant to provide heating benefits through the Department of Energy and Environment.
  • Establishes a motor carrier safety grant for the Metropolitan Police Department.
  • Creates a private grant for the Department of Energy and Environment to support ICLEI activities.
  • Adds two hazard mitigation grants for the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
  • Includes a private grant for the Department of Health to support WIC services.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Mayor's office
  • Various city agencies like Employment Services, Energy and Environment, Police Department, Health, and Homeland Security

Terms To Know

Grant Budget Modifications
Changes to the budget that includes new grants or adjustments in funding for existing ones.
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent, a way of measuring staffing levels based on full-time employees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact impact and benefits of these grant modifications are not detailed in the provided information.
  • It is unclear how many people will be directly affected by these budget changes.

Bill History

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

    GBM26-0039 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-12-12 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 DECEMBER 9, 2025

Current Bill Text

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MURIEL
BOWSER
MAYOR
December 12, 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
11th Passive
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2026 GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AS OF DECEMBER 9, 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
Department of
Employment
Services Federal
CF0.EUPUAP
COVID Grant Establishment $838,371.76 0.0 Yes
Department of
Energy and
Environment Federal
202057 -
KG0.LIHEAP LHE -
Heating Benefits
(GENERIC) Establishment $288,453.00 0.0 No
Metropolitan
Police
Department Federal
203374 - FA0.Motor
Carrier Safety Establishment $1,888,589.00 0.0 No
Department of
Energy and
Environment Private
203055 - KG0.FY26
ICLEI Private Grant Establishment $250,000.00 0.0 No
Homeland
Security and
Emergency
Management
Agency Federal
BN0.PSP19F.Hazard
Mitigation Grant
Program Establishment $123,488.46 0.0 No
Homeland
Security and
Emergency
Management
Agency Federal
BN0.MPS19F.Hazard
Mitigation Grant
Program Establishment $729,203.29 0.0 No
Department of
Health Private
203197 -
HC0.MORW.MORE
WIC Grant Establishment $369,289.60 0.4 No