County grant funds left unspent — a broken funding pipeline
Montgomery County
Summary
This same money was appropriated in 2025 and never reached the programs because of staffing vacancies and communication failures inside county government. Councilmembers pressed DHHS on where the process got stuck, and the department admitted the failure and is hiring new grants staff to prevent a repeat.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Previously approved funds sat unspent while community nonprofits went without — the county is now adding grant-management staff to fix it.
Community-based organizations and nonprofits that partner with the county would get money out the door faster and more predictably.
Smaller local nonprofits, minority-owned businesses, and the at-risk youth who waited a year for programs that were already funded.
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