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San Antonio reports tabletop exercise on federal-grant risks; staff recommends cross-sector working group
Summary
City staff summarized a December federal-grants tabletop that modeled 50% cuts and eligibility changes; the exercise identified significant disruptions to health, housing and food services and recommended a cross-sector federal funding impact working group and shared data tools.
City staff presented results of a December federal-grants tabletop exercise on Feb. 18, outlining how substantial federal funding reductions could affect San Antonio’s social-service network and recommending tighter cross-sector coordination.
"This tabletop exercise was held in December and it included participation from 34 outside agencies," Justina Tait, interim assistant city manager, told the council. She said the City of San Antonio’s budget includes about $153 million in federal grants funding, supporting roughly 663 positions; the exercise focused on health, housing, homeless and human-service grants that represent about $85.7 million of that total and support about 436…
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