President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding. Will Medicare and Social Security be affected? What about Medicaid and disaster assistance?
Streaming 24/7: Watch NBC 5 local news and weather for free wherever you areAt a news conference announcing a lawsuit aimed at blocking the pause, Attorney General Letitia James said Head Start funding was frozen in Michigan, access to child development block grants was cut off in Maryland and at least 20 states have been unable to access Medicaid reimbursement systems, including New York.Sign up for NBC DFW's News Headlines newsletter.
The main funding for Meals on Wheels, which feeds more than 2 million seniors annually, and other senior nutrition programs is a grant distributed by the federal Administration on Aging to state governments that then send the money to individual providers.State health departments are scrambling to understand effects of the Trump administration’s grant-funding memo
But they acknowledged it was a test of his power over Congressionally-approved programs and could affect their states. A spokesman for Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office said the state’s agencies have reported issues accessing the website used to request disbursement for Medicaid payments.
“EPA is continuing to work with OMB as they review processes, policies and programs, as required by the memorandum,” Vaseliou said. She said the Trump administration “seems determined to subvert Congress, its hand-waving about following the law notwithstanding.”That includes the more than 40 million Americans with federal student loans and 7 million with federal Pell Grants for low-income students.
“What we generally have observed with states under those circumstances is that a couple of weeks isn’t hugely disruptive,” Howard said. He also said there are risks in Trump’s approach, especially with so many voters reliant on Washington.Immigrant and refugee advocates were cut off even before Monday’s funding pause
“Recently arrived refugees who fled unimaginable danger and lawfully came to the U.S. rely on the initial assistance of Global Refuge to help them navigate life in America,” Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, the group’s president, wrote in a fund-raising pitch Monday.In Kansas, state Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed said he learned of the Trump administration’s move Monday night and that the agency is still reviewing it and awaiting more guidance from federal officials.
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