Department of Community Resources: Budget Adjustment for the Strategic Demolition Fund Grant
Calvert County Board of County Commissioners · 5005-12 ·
Public Hearing
What the bill says
On the agenda for Board of County Commissioners — 2026-04-07 — 2026-04-07. Agenda section: PUBLIC HEARING
Background
Safe Harbor, the county-owned domestic violence shelter, regularly exceeds capacity and one of the biggest barriers for victims is finding affordable housing. The site plan submitted to the Department of Planning & Zoning in 1996 included an expansion of the resource center and six transitional housing units. Last year, the Department of Community Resources applied for a Strategic Demolition Fund grant to support a revised site plan.
Discussion
Calvert County Government recently received the grant agreement for the Fiscal Year 2026 Strategic Demolition Fund award totaling $300,000 from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. The funding will be contracted to a vendor to complete site development for the property. Future development of the transitional housing and resource center will be managed by Calvert Safe Housing Network, Inc., the nonprofit that oversees the Safe Harbor shelter.
Coordination
Office of the County Attorney Department of Finance & Budget Department of Public Works
Extracted from the source document (public record).
Documents
What analysts say
No independent (CBO/CRS-style) analysis exists for county measures. The nearest analog is the sponsoring department's own assessment, from its staff memo — self-reported, not independent:
Fiscal Impact (staff-reported)
Budget Adjustment BA2026-000779 allocates $300,000 in revenue to be received from the grant and anticipated expenditures.
Conclusion/Recommendation (staff-reported)
Staff requests the Board of County Commissioners conduct a public hearing on the proposed Resolution and Budget Adjustment BA2026-000779. In accordance with Local Government Article § 9-105, any action by the Board to adopt the recommended budget adjustment must be deferred until at least 10 days after the hearing.
Reported by the sponsoring department — Department of Community Resources · Jennifer Moreland, Director · 2026-03-13 in its own memo, not an independent estimate. Source memo.
What politicians say
No linked claims or utterances yet — no one on record has cited this measure to justify a public argument.