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Human Services Commission to present 2025–26 funding recommendations at Oct. 22 study session
Summary
Human Services staff told the committee a joint study session will present specific 2025–26 funding allocations and criteria on Oct. 22; committee members asked the commission to explain choices for funded and unfunded applicants and to detail opioid-settlement spending plans.
Brooke Buckingham of Human Services told the committee that the Human Services Commission will present its recommended 2025–26 allocations at a joint study session on Oct. 22. The memo in the committee packet summarizes the review process and guiding principles, while the study session will provide the full list of recommended allocations, those not recommended for funding, and the rationale behind selections.
Councilors asked for clear explanations about why particular applicants were not recommended and for any mitigating information the commission could provide. Council members also pressed staff to include specifics about which agencies will receive opioid-settlement funds and how those funds will be used.
Committee members noted demand has increased: the chair said the commission received 126 applications this cycle — 22 more than the last biennium — representing roughly a 38% increase in funding requests. The committee asked the commission to include that context when presenting recommendations next week.
