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CFC budget concerns and future funding
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This chapter addresses concerns about the CFC budget and future funding levels. Council Member Ayala inquires about potential increases and baselining of the CFC budget.
- The council called for increasing and baselining the CFC budget to $60 million
- Current fiscal year 2025 budget for CFC totals $60 million, but drops to $20.9 million in fiscal year 2026
- First Deputy Commissioner Berry notes that the administration has more than doubled CFC funding in recent years
- Actual spending in fiscal year 2024 was $55.6 million, and $29.9 million has been spent so far in fiscal year 2025 (as of March)
Diana Ayala
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fiscal year twenty twenty five's preliminary budget response, the council called on the administration to increase and baseline the CFC budget to 60,000,000 to help combat the high levels of food insecurity in the city, which persists today.
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As of the preliminary plan, the fiscal twenty twenty five budget for CFC totaled 60,000,000.
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However, the funding dropped substantially to 20,900,000.0 in fiscal year twenty six and in the out years.
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This is a critical program for families in need.
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Will funding be added for this program, and if so, when and how much?
Jill Berry
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So we're really proud that this administration has more than doubled over the last few years the funding for the the CFC program.
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It's an important program, and investment that the administration has made over the last several years is is unprecedented for the CFC program and we continue to work with OMB on FY '26 funding for CFC.
Diana Ayala
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Okay.
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What is the actual spending thus far in fiscal year twenty five and how much was spent in fiscal year twenty four?
Jill Berry
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Thank you for that question.
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In FY '24 we spent $55,600,000 on the program and so far in FY '25 through March we've spent 29,900,000.0.
Diana Ayala
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The fiscal year runs through June.
Jill Berry
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Yes.
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It's a these are the this is based on the the receipts that we get from Shrier.
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So there is a bit of a lag in their billing us for the food that they have distributed, and then we reimburse them.
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Okay.
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What do We traditionally allocated and spent all of the funds, and we fully expect to do that this fiscal year as well.