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The Healey-Driscoll administration has launched a new public dashboard displaying the total amount of funding that the Trump administration has cut to state agencies in Massachusetts.
The dashboard, mass.gov/fedimpact, launched on May 14, highlights funding cuts to state government programs only, and doesn’t reflect cuts to municipal, nonprofit, and community partner organizations across the state. Communities and organizations that have been affected by federal funding issues can use a form in the dashboard to share their information.
According to the governor’s office, $350 million in direct funding to the state has been cut so far, including funding for disaster prevention aid, school mental health services, tutoring, school security and building upgrades, healthy food for babies and students, respiratory illness prevention and treatment, community health centers, public health workers, substance use disorder treatment, increased broadband access and more.
In addition to direct funding cuts, the Trump administration has delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding distributions, including for key public health programs serving communities across the state, Gov. Maura Healey said.
The governor added that hundreds of millions of federal dollars for federal programs, federal jobs, and National Institutes of Health research also have been cut, or are proposed to be cut, with a direct impact on Massachusetts residents and the economy. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently canceled critical shipments of food to local food banks, while Congress contemplates even bigger funding reductions that could directly impact hundreds of millions of dollars to the state through Medicaid cuts, reductions in the SNAP program, and additional changes to housing, education and transportation policy.
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said the reporting form in the dashboard “will be a helpful tool for cities and towns, businesses and nonprofits to let us know how they are being impacted” by federal funding cuts.
“Our administration is here to be a partner for everyone in the state who is being hurt by the actions of the federal government,” she said, “and having all of this information in a centralized place will help bolster our response.”
Massachusetts receives a total of $22.9 billion in federal funding each year, including $16.1 billion in the annual operating budget, $5.3 billion in grants to state agencies, and $1.5 billion in grants for capital projects.
Healey has directed Quentin Palfrey, head of the Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office, to monitor federal funding cuts to organizations, municipalities and other entities, and ensure real-time communication and information sharing.
The administration said the new dashboard will be updated regularly.