City Council President to Introduce a Resolution Highlighting the Potential Negative Impacts Related to President Trump’s Proposed Federal Budget

BALTIMORE, MD – On Monday, July 17^th, Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young will introduce a resolution calling on President Trump to reconsider his proposed federal budget as it relates to grant funding for Baltimore City. The resolution will be introduced during the 5pm Council Meeting. Resolution 17-0032R will highlight the potential negative impacts related to President Trump’s proposed Federal Budget.  Baltimore City is slated for roughly $172 million in federal grants for fiscal year 2018.

The $4 trillion federal budget proposal announced by President Trump in May would devastate the City of Baltimore. Our city expects to receive nearly $172 million in federal grants in fiscal year 2018. This includes roughly $22.6 million in support for public safety efforts, $40 million for the Mayor’s Office of Human Services – nearly two-thirds of the budget for a City agency directly tasked with assisting the most vulnerable Baltimoreans – and $73.7 million from the Health Department. State, private, and non-profit partners also expect to make use of millions of dollars in Federal spending in Baltimore over the next year. Any reduction in this funding could greatly harm our city.

Here’s an itemized listing of the City agencies that receive grants:

Description: Funding for 13 positions

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$1,533,000 Service 600: Fire Administration

$2,910,400 Service 602: Fire Suppression and Emergency Rescue – supports one Fire company with Federal SAFER grant totaling $2,905,400

$306,600 Service 608: Emergency Management

$160,534 Service 611: Fire Code Enforcement

$3,250,168 Service 613: Fire Facilities Maintenance and Replacement

Description: Service 703: Facilities Management – potential grant money

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Dr. Wen’s Press Release

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$7,964,934 Service 593: Community Support Projects – funded entirely by Federal Community Development Block Grant, includes 13 positions$ and funding for 61 nonprofit organizations to provide services including literacy education, early child care, home ownership counseling and rehabilitation efforts

$1,347,715 Service 737: Administration-Housing and Community Development – funds 7/22 positions

$327,702 Service 740: Dawson Center – federal CDBG funding accounts for more than 90% of Dawson Center budget

$96,472 Service 742: Promote Homeownership – funding for one position

$160,000 Service 745: Housing Code Enforcement – Federal Justice Assistance Gr supports legal staff

$598,987 Service 748: Housing Development Finance and Project Management – completely funded by Federal HOME grant, calculated based on projected demographics of residents served

$3,434,099 Service 750: Housing Rehabilitation Services – fully funded through federal and state grants, federal grants make up 89% of total funding

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$307,362 Service 125: Executive Direction and Control – Mayoralty

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$500,000 Service 446: Educational Grants – CDBG funding supporting youth programs

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$88,974 Service 616: Juvenile Justice

$1,057,102 Service 617: Victim Services – part of federal grant funding supports trauma-informed care training to the city’s law enforcement and public safety agencies

$992,449 Service 618: Crime Prevention – funds two positions, makes up 65% of MOCJ crime prevention funding

$72,342 Service 757: CitiWatch – funds one position

$1,339,846 Service 758: Coordination of Public Safety Strategy – Administration, makes up 65% of service funding

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$3,262,980 Service 792: Workforce Services for TANF Recipients

$6,244,098 Service 795: Workforce Services for Baltimore Residents – supported by Federal Workforce Investment Opportunity Act funds to operate the Career Center Network

$750,000 Service 796: Workforce Services of Ex-Offenders

$514,973 Service 797: Workforce Services for Out of School Youth

$1,500,000 Service 798: Youth Works Summer Job Program

$3,025,951 Service 800: Workforce Services for WIOA Funded Youth – funded federally by WIOA

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$2,648,424 Service 356: Administration – Human Services

$8,501,377 Service 605: Head Start – serves 759 children per year, federal funding makes up 91% of funding for this program

$963,303 Service 741: Community Action Partnership – includes CDBG funding, community action centers that respond directly to specific needs within designated communities

$593,802 Service 893: Homelessness Prevention – federal funding makes up 54% of service

$2,551,867 Service 894: Outreach to the Homeless – federal funding makes up 79% of service

$175,350 Service 895: Temporary Housing for the Homeless – Continuum of Care grant

$26,151,170 Service 896: Permanent Housing for the Homeless – Continuum of Care grant

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$41,698 Service 846: Discrimination Investigations, Resolutions and Conciliations

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$150,000 Service 762: Historic Preservation

$241,980 Service 763: Comprehensive Planning and Resource Management

$250,000 Service 765: Planning for a Sustainable Baltimore

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$2,171,229 Service 621: Administration: Police

$85,000 Service 622: Police Patrol

$80,000 Service 623: Crime Investigation

$1,677,714 Service 626: Homeland Security – Intelligence

$236,391 Service 634: Crowd, Traffic, and Special Events Management

$1,750,457 Service 642: Crime Laboratory

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$1,427,149 Service 662: Vacant/Abandoned Property Cleaning and Boarding – CDBG funds

$100,000 Service 674: Surface Water Management

$2,000,000 Service 730: Public and Private Energy Performance

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$282,865 Service 648: Community Recreation Centers

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$1,456,462 Service 115: Prosecution of Criminals

$1,314,102 Service 786: Victim and Witness Services

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$531,845 Service 681: Administration – DOT

$102,200 Service 690: Sustainable Transportation

$1,008,653 Service 697: Traffic Safety – Traffic Safety Grant and Safe Routes to school program, which marks out designated routes by which children should approach their schools

*Total: $171,641,206