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• from 56 different grant programs and 4,800 individual projects at the local level.
• Part two is FEMA has a program called the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, referred to as HMGP.
• So standing up an interoperability council and a grant program is crucial.
• Under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program, this is another key flood grant program that
• Grant Program, and that grant was denied.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• One of the most successful grant programs we have at DPS is the ICPOET grant program in the Office of
• One of the most successful grant programs we have at DPS is the ICPOET grant program in the Office of
• One of the most successful grant programs we have at DPS is the ICPOET grant program in the Office of
• One of the most successful grant programs we have at DPS is the ICPOET grant program in the Office of
• One of the most successful grant programs we have at DPS is the ICPOET grant program in the Office of

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Our grant programs include arts and youth, general operating support, administering organizations for
• Our grant programs include arts and youth, general operating support, administering organizations for
• They will decide which one of our grant programs get opened, and then we move forward with opening those
• Every one of our grant programs is adjudicated through an expert peer panel review process.
• We take great pride in making plain language for our grant programs, having very clear technical assistance

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard a budget item on vehicle license fee backfill funding, where the Department of Finance said the administration was not proposing the requested $119 million for San Mateo County, Alpine, and Mono, arguing the payment is discretionary and that existing excess ERAF formulas should remain unchanged. Senator Becker and former Senator Jackie Speier testified that the money is owed under the VLF swap arrangement and that San Mateo County faces major service cuts without the backfill; Senator Cabaldon raised broader policy questions about county boundaries and the structure of the formula. The chair held the item open after public comment. The committee then reviewed Secretary of State budget proposals. The department requested funding for SB 851 implementation, including additional duties related to election litigation notice, voting system standards, and vendor reporting, with $1.1 million General Fund in 2026-27 and $807,000 ongoing for four positions and software. Members asked about election security, federal HAVA funding, staffing, and implementation timing; the department said current federal funds are expected to run out in 2027-28 and that it hopes to hire quickly once funded. The item was held open. The Secretary of State also presented the Cal Access Replacement System (CARS), seeking $11.8 million General Fund to finish the project and begin operations, and the notary automation replacement project, seeking $9.795 million in Business Fees Fund for continued development of the outdated notary system. Members focused on project delays, stakeholder input, and whether the funding requests matched prior plans; the department said both projects were still on their original funding tracks but had shifted timelines due to planning needs and election-related workload. Both items were held open. CalVet presented its department overview and then discussed the new 240-bed skilled nursing facility at Yountville, which is nearing completion and will replace the aging Holderman Hospital building. Members asked about the future of Holderman, other campus capital projects, and a payroll/fringe-benefit issue affecting some employees; CalVet said Holderman will continue to house some functions, the roofing and steam projects remain in progress, and the tax issue has been addressed with new procedures and repayment arrangements. The committee also discussed eliminating vacant positions under Control Section 4.12, with CalVet saying the positions were long-vacant CNA and related jobs and the LAO noting the Legislature had not concurred; Senator Cabaldon said he had no objection, and the item was held open. Finally, the California Arts Council gave an overview of its work and its cultural districts program, describing grants and technical assistance in all 58 counties and citing examples of local impact. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas strongly supported additional funding, including a proposed $50 million General Fund investment and a $10 million carve-out for cultural districts, arguing the program supports economic development, preservation, and community identity; council staff said the program is currently unfunded and has only been able to designate a fraction of applicants. Senator Cabaldon noted that many parts of the state still lack cultural districts and urged broader geographic representation. The item was informational and no vote was taken.

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• programs.
• and this program is transitioning the old PCA program into this new program.
• c><00:08:34.479> one PCA program into this new program one PCA program into this new program one
• dollar to programs, and additional cuts in grant funding will mean they can serve even less people.
• contract with instead of the grant contract with instead of the grant programs<01:04:39.839>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• AB 2391, Arambula, nursing grant support program, holding committee.
• AB 1980, Colosa, Erica Grant Program, do pass as amended to authorize grants for certain purposes only
• AB 1932, El-Hawari, Crisis Grant Program, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1888, Ortega, grant program contractors, held in committee.
• AB 1888, Ortega, grant program contractors, held in committee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 14, 2026 suspense-file hearing and considered 637 Assembly bills, plus several committee bills and one Senate bill. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors guiding decisions: fiscal impact, return on investment, avoiding added costs to constituents, and protecting the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then took action on a very large number of measures, with many bills receiving do pass or do pass as amended recommendations and many others held in committee. Topics covered a wide range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, public safety, labor, environmental regulation, wildfire mitigation, water, transportation, cannabis, AI, and state governance. Several bills were amended to reduce costs, narrow scope, remove provisions, or make them contingent on appropriations or existing resources; some were advanced on A or B roll calls, while others were held. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, school and higher education programs, wildfire and fire safety, housing financing, and various criminal justice and public safety measures. It also moved forward a number of bills related to tribal issues, consumer protections, energy and utility policy, and environmental programs. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor and adjourned.

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• Our team currently manages $23.5 billion worth of open federal grants from 56 different grant programs
• Two is FEMA has a program called the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, referred to as HMGP.
• The Flood Management Assistance (FMA) grant program is another key flood grant program that we manage
• In this program, the FMA is part of FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs.
• program, and that grant was denied.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• distribution program.
• and neuter program.
• distribution program.
• program.
• program.

Bills: HB25, SB38, SB101, HB199

Keywords: juvenile delinquency, firearm possession, criminal background checks, state law, gun control, youth offense, conviction, public safety, SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration

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• So one has grants up to $125,000 and the other one grants up to $25,000.
• program.
• intent of the program.
• intent of the program.
• compare to similar programs?

Summary: The meeting began with JLARC’s biennial executive committee elections. After confirming a quorum, members unanimously elected Representative Pollet as chair, Senator Wagoner as vice chair, Representative Orcutt as secretary, and Senator Solomon as assistant secretary for the 2025-27 biennium. The committee also approved the May 14 meeting minutes unanimously. Chair Pollet then outlined a commitment to more member input on audit scope and coordination with the State Auditor’s Office. Staff presented a preliminary report on Washington State recreation boating programs. They reported that six agencies administer boating-related activities, that the state collected about $108 million in boating-related revenue in 2021-23, and that $86 million was spent, mostly on infrastructure and water access, environmental protection, boater safety, and marine law enforcement. Staff said Washington’s boating laws and programs are broadly similar to other states and noted that the final report is expected in September. JLARC then reviewed several tax preferences. For natural gas used as a transportation fuel, staff said the preferences reduce fuel costs but did not meet emissions-reduction targets because fewer vessels and vehicles converted to natural gas than expected; staff recommended continuing some exemptions and modifying reporting requirements. For travel agents and tour operators, staff said the preference continues to provide tax relief, but large beneficiaries’ savings are rising while small beneficiaries’ use is declining, leading to recommendations to continue the small-business rate and add or revise performance metrics. Staff also reviewed a nonprofit low-income housing property tax exemption, concluding it helps developers build homes as intended but that the performance metric should better reflect housing outcomes; they recommended the legislature decide whether to continue or modify it. Other reviews covered multipurpose senior citizen centers, disabled veteran adapted housing, trade convention attendance, agricultural fertilizer and seed wholesaling, hazardous substance tax treatment for pesticides, and silicon smelter energy preferences, with recommendations ranging from continuation to expiration depending on whether the stated objectives were met. The committee then adopted the final cannabis market study for distribution. Staff reported that Washington businesses produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023, and that inaccurate and incomplete reporting limits the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s ability to regulate the market. The board said it concurs with the recommendations, including developing a plan for a new data system and considering broader social equity options. Finally, staff presented the proposed final report on Department of Health oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections, and complaints. Staff said DOH was late on most acute-care hospital inspections, had not fully verified third-party inspection standards, and did not adequately review adverse event correction plans or assess language access barriers in its complaint system. DOH said it concurs with all six recommendations and has already made some transparency improvements, including a public dashboard for adverse event reporting.

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• It includes $59.1 million to CAL FIRE for the Wildfire Prevention Grant Program, which supports local
• For the wildfire mitigation grant program, it looks like there's currently a program in six counties.
• programs—our Forest Health grant program, our local fire prevention grant program—we are also granting
• I want to ask, how does the wildfire mitigation grant program for home hardening work?
• Some very important fuel reduction projects have been completed under those grant programs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , such as registered apprenticeship programs, pre-apprenticeship programs, or Be Pro Be Proud program
• or youth programs, or is this the program now?
• not the DWS program, but the PED program, is that it's grant money; it's soft-funded.
• How does this program differ from other existing programs?
• program.

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and first addressed a point of order over whether HB 270 could be heard after being taken up earlier in the Transportation Committee. The chair ruled the bill could proceed because it was assigned to this committee and had been properly noticed. The committee then heard HB 280, which would create a three-year pilot program to support paid student internships through grants administered by the Department of Workforce Solutions. Supporters said the bill would help fund internships, mentoring, and transportation, and could improve workforce development, graduation outcomes, and pathways into apprenticeships or higher education. Members asked about administrative costs, student selection, rural and tribal access, payment mechanisms, and whether public entities, land grants, and dual credit could be included. The bill sponsor and witnesses said the program would likely serve about 100 students, use a sliding-scale matching model, and allow local flexibility in program design. The committee voted due pass on HB 280. The committee then heard House Memorial 46, honoring the Hurley family and especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley for military service and artistic contributions in New Mexico. The memorial was presented as a tribute to a family of heroes, and members expressed support. The committee voted due pass on the memorial. Finally, the committee heard HB 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs on most public works projects, including road and utility work, while exempting trades without approved programs. Sponsors said the bill would close loopholes, broaden participation, and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Opposition came from asphalt, contractor, and utility groups, which argued the bill would raise costs, duplicate existing training programs, and create access problems for nonunion and geographically distant contractors. Supporters from mechanical contractors, building trades, and labor groups said the bill would improve workforce development and keep training dollars in New Mexico. After debate over the earlier Transportation Committee action and the bill’s cost impacts, the committee voted due pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 roll call.

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• Our green fertilizer grant program supports rural electric cooperatives registered as 308A or 308B with
• transition our green fertilizer grant transition our green fertilizer grant program<00:18:30.400
• um as we've always said with new Grant um as we've always said with new Grant programs<00:20:50.440
• program we also received an urban farm conservation<00:21:15.200> minig<00:21:15.480> Grant
• Really thinking about changing my practices, and I think I'm going to apply for that grant program, you

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Line 622 is for a grant to the Program.
• Carlton grant extension. Carlton grant extension.
• , including PCA Choice, the CFSS budget model, the CDCS program, and the consumer support grant.
• , including PCA Choice, the CFSS budget model, the CDCS program, and the consumer support grant.
• , including PCA Choice, the CFSS budget model, the CDCS program, and the consumer support grant.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• So between that, we actually cut almost 35 million more and put it into the state grant program.
• Another $8 million to the fostering independence grant program so that they can get taken care of.
• So we took care of the state grant program.
• , while completely closing the gap on the state grant. program.
• But they are also the basis of the state grant program and the North Star Promise program.

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• HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAMS WE GET 20 PERCENT OF THE ONE YEAR A LOCK IN AND OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE
• NEXT LET'S TALK ABOUT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. GRANT PROGRAM.
• THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE ON THE ELEVATE FLORIDA PROGRAM.
• THAT CASE 100 PERCENT PROGRAM.
• ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS WE RUN TO THIS IS THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT MATCH PROGRAM WHICH IS THE 25 PERCENT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Program.
• HP 4341 also includes a grant program to, to assist these facilities in meeting these requirements.
• Uh, again, as in Grossed, the bill had the Department of Public Safety administering the grant program
• And administrative authority for the MAP grant program from DPS to to the Criminal Justice division in
• under the grant program created by the bill.

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• as<00:39:54.160> the color grant program as well as the color grant program as well as the
• Pathway Grant Program, which is more in line with the best practices around how those types of programs
• This is in a teacher support program around Grow Your Own grants.
• aid program, we also passed a grant aid program, we also passed a grant program<00:41:48.000>
• :42:05.280> grant<00:42:05.760> program support personnel pathway grant program support

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Many of these families, the 18 mothers that came forward, but what turned out to be a grant program was
• this<00:04:50.400> program grant program was exactly this program grant program was exactly
• So I think about, you know, we had the after-school program grants that was one-time funding.
• So I think about, you know, we had the after-school program grants that was one-time funding.
• c><00:15:15.040> onetime program grants um that was onetime program grants um that was onetime

Keywords: 1183, house

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• PROGRAM.
• PROGRAM.
• WE FOCUS OUR PROJECTS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GRANT PROGRAMS AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE WILL GET THE BIGGEST
• I CAN STOP THERE AND TAKE QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE GRANT PROGRAM.
• A LOT OF THESE GRANT PROGRAMS STARTED IN 19, 20, 21, 22.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• “So this program doesn’t. There’s two different programs.
• The CCDF block grant is a 100% federal program.
• So this program doesn't. There's two different programs.
• There's the ABC program that is tax debt. that is. There's two different programs.
• The CCDF block grant is 100% federal program.

Summary: The committee met to adopt prior minutes and reports from its executive and standing committees, including counties and municipalities, educational institutions, and state agencies. Those reports covered routine audit activity, delinquent private water and sewer audits, municipal accounting compliance issues, education audit findings, and several state agency audit items. The committee also reviewed and adopted the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025 and the related single audit report, both presented by Legislative Audit staff. The state financial report showed unmodified opinions on the state’s financial statements and described total assets of about $41.9 billion and liabilities of about $11.1 billion, along with retirement system assets of $39.9 billion and a net pension liability of $9 billion. Two material weaknesses were identified: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and a Division of Workforce Services methodology change for unemployment-related estimates that was not properly documented or approved. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed; it resulted in 33 findings, 14 with questioned costs totaling $16.6 million, and qualified opinions for the Summer EBT program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Members questioned agency officials in detail about the Summer EBT questioned costs, DHS unresolved findings, broadband grant documentation, cyber security controls, workers’ compensation liabilities, and child care funding and reporting. DHS explained that the Summer EBT issue involved drawing federal funds in advance rather than as benefits were redeemed, and said the process has been corrected. Broadband officials said the questioned $6.6 million reflected documentation-detail disagreements across many invoices rather than missing payments. OST officials described new logging, endpoint detection, and phishing-training efforts, and DFA and Education officials addressed specific audit findings and corrective actions. The committee ultimately moved to hold the two large statewide reports over until the August meeting for further review, with discussion continuing on whether to release some agency staff in the meantime.

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• Appropriation for a housing down payment assistant program. Is that a grant? Is that a loan?
• So many of our federal grants, Mr.
• GROW program fund, and so the money from the big fund spends into the program fund.
• A program called the ZIP Program, Zero Interest Home Builder Program.
• So we have programs available.