FY 2027 Department Requested Budgets

How Multnomah County Budgets:
FY 2027 Department Requested Budget:
FY 2027 Department Requested Program Offers
FY 2027 Department of County Assets Requested Budget
FY 2027 Department of Community Justice Requested Budget
FY 2027 Department of Community Services Requested Budget
FY 2027 Department of County Human Services Requested Budget
FY 2027 Department of County Management Requested Budget
FY 2027 District Attorney's Office Requested Budget
FY 2027 Health Department Requested Budget
FY 2027 Homeless Services Department Requested Budget
FY 2027 Library Requested Budget
FY 2027 Nondepartmental Requested Budget
FY 2027 Sheriff's Office Requested Budget

How Multnomah County Budgets:

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners decides on a budget every year. This budget helps the County plan how to best serve the community and use public money wisely. Getting the community involved in the budget process makes sure their voices are heard about how to prioritize services. At the same time, County officials make sure the budget balances competing needs, can be maintained over time, and follows all laws.

FY 2027 Department Requested Budget:

Below are the documents that explain each department’s budget request to the County Chair, Board, and community. These are the first steps in Multnomah County’s budget process. Between February and April, the Chair reviews all existing programs, potential budget reductions, and new program requests.

The General Fund Forecast - Why do we have to make reductions?

The General Fund is the County Board’s most flexible amount of resources. The General Fund forecast estimates that if the County continues all ongoing programs supported by the General Fund in FY 2027, it would need $10.5 million more than it expects to get (this is the “General Fund deficit”). As a result, the Chair’s guidance required all departments (except NonDepartmental offices) to submit a plan to cut their General Fund spending by 5%. This gives the Chair and Board choices for how to address the deficit while still meeting Multnomah County’s most important needs.

The Chair’s final decisions will be presented in the Proposed budget on April 16th.

The Requested budget documents include:

Department Director’s transmittal letter - This letter explains each department's budget requests and how they made their decisions. It also includes summaries of reduction and add packages.

Program Offers (Base Budget) - These documents combine information such as program descriptions, equity statements, budget summaries, and performance data for a given set of services. The base budget shows what each department would need to keep funding their programs and includes General Fund and State, Federal, and local sources.

Reduction and Add Packages - Departments submit changes to General Fund programs as separate reduction or addition requests. This makes it easy to see what happens if a service is added or cut.

Reductions: Looking at the reduction packages in combination with the program offers will show what the department’s program budget would look like after the cuts (the “constraint budget”).

Additions: Departments can request General Fund above their base budget for “ongoing” program support or for “one-time-only” funding for programs that are limited to one year or capital projects.