The 5-0 vote — with Councilmember Barry Snell recused and Councilmember Dan Hall absent — launches the Human Services Grants Program for fiscal years 2027-31. Operating for more than 50 years, the program is the city's single largest source of funds for local nonprofits and underwrites a social safety net serving residents from infancy to old age.

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