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Nonprofits and housing advocates urge Howard County Council to preserve Community Service Partnership and housing dollars in FY26 budget
Summary
Nonprofit executives and housing advocates told the Howard County Council that Community Service Partnership grants and housing-related funding are critical to services for low-income residents and urged the council to preserve those allocations in the FY26 operating budget.
Multiple nonprofit leaders and a housing coalition urged the Howard County Council during the FY26 operating budget public hearing to preserve or increase funding for Community Service Partnership (CSP) grants, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) programs, and housing-related initiatives.
Representatives cited program outcomes and demand. Colleen West, executive director of the Howard County Arts Council, asked the council to support the executive’s proposed CSP allocation that she described as enabling 50–60 grants and serving hundreds of thousands of attendees. "Last year, attendance at these programs, funded through these grants, was 341,000 people," West said, and she asked the council to…
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