This budget memo from the County Welfare Directors Association and the Service Employees International Union requests $70.9 million General Fund (GF) in FY 2025-26 and $95.9 million General Fund in FY 2026-27 and annually ongoing to provide dedicated funding and resources to bolster county human services departments’ provision of mass care and shelter, support emergency and disaster preparedness and response, and address unmet critical immediate needs of survivors that counties serve.