D.C. Code § 7-2071.12: Funding for the Ombudsman Program.

(a)

Funding sources for the Ombudsman Program shall include:

(1)

District local appropriations; and

(2)

Medicaid and other available federal matching funds.

(b)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, organization, or consortia of organizations selected to operate the Health Care and Public Benefits Ombudsman Program from raising private money through foundation resources to supplement government funds for the program.