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King County warns federal funding changes could squeeze public health, transit and human services
Summary
County budget staff briefed the Council on a fast-evolving federal funding landscape, saying new grant conditions, litigation and possible federal budget cuts risk millions in county services; the county has instituted legal review before accepting federal awards.
Dwight Dively, director of the Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, told the King County Council Committee of the Whole on April 22 that the county is seeing rapid, unpredictable changes in federal grant conditions and that the executive has put a new sign‑off process in place.
"We are directing departments to not make any applications or sign any acceptances without the explicit legal approval of legal counsel in the executive's office," Dively said, describing a single review point intended to prevent one agency from inadvertently binding the entire county to conditions the county cannot accept.
Dively said the county is tracking three types of federal risk: new conditions attached to grants, changes to renewals or new awards, and larger cuts if Congress and the White House approve reduced domestic discretionary funding next fiscal year. He described mixed federal behavior on compliance with court orders, and…
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