US EditionLocal health departments feel effects of federal funding cut
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled federal grants to health departments, totaling $11.4 billion.
- HHS stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, so spending taxpayer dollars on it is no longer needed.
- These cuts impact services like addiction treatment, community health workers, and programs like the Purple Star Program.
- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the cancellations unlawful, stating, "These are promises the federal government made."
- States are planning legal challenges because these cuts will delay key services and impact community health, causing uncertainty.
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Tarrant County Public Health eliminates 63 jobs amid federal cuts
Cuts and restructuring at the federal level are having an immediate impact on health services in North Texas. At Wednesday’s Tarrant County Commissioners Court, officials said programs and jobs have been cut because of the elimination of federal funding. Several dozen employees with the Tarrant County Public Health Department are now impacted. County leaders said they’re taking a hard look at how to respond and want to get those employees into o…
Local health departments brace for layoffs, cuts after CDC funding slashed
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Local health departments that have lost millions in terminated COVID-19 federal grants are bracing for possible layoffs, higher expenses and reduced community services.
Three federal grants terminated for Tennessee Department of Health, 7 Knox County Health workers laid off
KNOXVILLE, Tenn (WATE) — The Tennessee Department of Health sent a notice to every county health department statewide that three federal grants had been terminated, and that their services were no longer required. The following grants were terminated: ELC-EDx, or Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) - Building and Strengthening Epidemiology, Laboratory and Health Information Syste…
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Democrat Kamlager-Dove takes aim at DOGE ahead of potential State Department cuts
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats continue to express frustrations over Elon Musk’s outsized role in reshaping the federal bureaucracy, a new effort on Capitol Hill takes aim at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch. California Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove is proposing the Defending American Diploma…
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