FY 2026 Department Requested Budgets

FY 2026 Department Requested Budgets

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  1. How Multnomah County Budgets:
  2. FY 2026 Department Requested Budget:

How Multnomah County Budgets:

Multnomah County’s Board of Commissioners adopts an annual budget to plan for the effective delivery of services to our community and to responsibly manage the public resources that support these services. Community involvement in the budget process ensures that desired services are prioritized, while County officials ensure that the budget balances competing needs, is financially sustainable, and meets legal requirements.

A timeline graphic titled "Multnomah County Budgeting Timeline" shows the process in five stages, Stage 1: DEC 6 - PREPARE Stage 2: FEB. 14 - REQUEST Stage 3: APRIL 24 - Propose Stage 4 May 8 - Approve Stage 5: June 12 - Adopt

FY 2026 Department Requested Budget:

Below, you can find the materials that convey each department’s budget request to the County Chair and the community. These are the first steps in Multnomah County’s budget process. The materials include:

Department Director’s transmittal letter - a roadmap to each department's budget requests and decision-making process, including information on reduction and addition packages.

Program Offers (Base Budget) - public policy documents that combine information such as program descriptions, budget overviews, and performance data for a given set of services. In FY 2026, these offers represent the departments’ highest priority programs that are supported within their allocated  County General Fund and other funds including State and Federal funding.

Program Offers Base Budget $1M plus Reduction Packages ($120,000) equals Total Constraint Budget $880,000

Reduction Package - summarized in the transmittal letter; most departments were required to submit a 12% General Fund reduction package (or a lower percent for select departments/offices) in order to provide options to address the forecasted General Fund deficit while meeting the most critical needs of Multnomah County residents. Looking at the reduction package in combination with the program offers will show what the department’s activities and budget would look like after the reduction.

Ongoing and One-Time-Only Addition Packages - summarized in the transmittal letter; department requests to fund activities that require additional resources and are not included in their base budget.

FY 2026 Department Requested Program Offers

You can find the individual Department Requested Program Offers here: multco.us/budget/fy-2026-program-offers

FY 2026 Department of County Assets Requested Budget 

FY 2026 Department of Community Justice Requested Budget

FY 2026 Department of Community Services Requested Budget 

FY 2026 Department of County Human Services Requested Budget 

FY 2026 Department of County Management Requested Budget 

FY 2026 District Attorney's Office Requested Budget 

FY 2026 Health Department Requested Budget 

FY 2026 Homeless Services Department Requested Budget

FY 2026 Library Requested Budget

FY 2026 Nondepartmental Requested Budget

FY 2026 Sheriff's Office Requested Budget

Last reviewed February 21, 2024

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