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County council restores several DHHS nonprofit grants and approves public health services budget as amended
Summary
Montgomery County Council approved the Public Health Services portion of the FY27 DHHS budget as amended, restoring several nonprofit line items into the base budget (including American Diversity Group and the George B. Thomas Learning Academy) and flagging additional funding on the reconciliation list for further review.
The Montgomery County Council approved the Public Health Services portion of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) FY27 operating budget as amended during its May 7 session, voting unanimously to accept committee recommendations and several amendments to restore prior nonprofit funding.
Council member Don Lukey, who reported the committee’s DHHS review, said the county executive recommended an overall DHHS operating increase of $18,913,060 (3.39%), including a county general fund increase of $30,606,294 and an executive proposal for 50.15 additional FTEs. Lukey and DHHS staff described a department reorganization that creates new program areas in public health, homelessness services and…
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