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Council committee backs supplemental payments for disability and senior services, flags one‑time nature of county funds
Summary
Montgomery County health staff and the HHS committee recommended increases to multiple aging and disability provider supplements and proposed several reductions for underutilized programs; committee also placed a county executive amendment for a one‑time developmental disability supplement on the reconciliation list.
Montgomery County Council staff presented a package of FY26 amendments covering aging and disability programs, and the County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) committee recommended approval of the executive’s proposed additions and eliminations.
The packet included a 3% increase to the developmental disability provider supplement (listed as $650,820), a 3% increase to adult medical day care supplements (original calculation corrected by staff), a respite‑care rate increase, senior nutrition funding to continue services at the Silver Spring Recreation and Aquatic Center, and several reductions for underutilized child‑care and family support contracts. The total FY26 funding for the developmental disability supplement was reported as $22,300,000 in the staff presentation.
Why it matters: county supplements make up for state funding shortfalls described by staff, and several items affect services for older adults and people with developmental disabilities across…
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