HHS Committee Reviews $576M DHHS and Food Systems FY27 Budgets

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee, chaired by Councilmember Laurie-Anne Sayles, meets April 16, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. to review the FY27 Operating Budget for the Office of Food Systems Resilience ($13M, up 14%) and the Department of Health and Human Services ($576M, up $18.9M or 3.39%). The DHHS budget includes increases replacing eliminated or reduced federal grant funds and $43 million in programmatic and staffing enhancements. The DHHS Administration and Support Services budget is recommended at $70.9M, a decrease of $19.8M (21.8%) due to departmental reorganization.