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Columbus allocates $10.8 million to human services; city launches cash-transfer pilot
Summary
Deputy Director Hannah Jones presented a $10.8 million human services general fund budget for 2025 and described plans to continue the Elevate grant program and launch a two-year Economic Mobility Accelerator that will pilot conditional cash transfers.
Columbus City Council’s Health, Human Services & Equity Committee heard the Department of Development’s human services budget Friday, with Deputy Director Hannah Jones saying the 2025 general fund request is $10,800,000.
The request includes about $811,000 for staff and roughly $10,000,000 to go directly to nonprofit human services programming, Jones told Chair Melissa Green and committee members. “Our human services general fund budget is proposed at $10,800,000,” Jones said.
The administration plans to maintain the Elevate grant portfolio and begin the Economic Mobility Accelerator, a two‑year pilot of conditional cash transfers that Jones described as intended to “accelerate the economic mobility of individuals in our community.” The department said Elevate…
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