Trump freezes $10B in child care, family assistance funds
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Through the President’s landmark Working Families Tax Cuts legislation, unprecedented investments and resources are being directed to states to strengthen
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How a new $50 billion CMS program plans to transform rural health care in all 50 states
All 50 states will receive grants under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new Rural Health Transformation Program designed to modernize health care in rural communities.
Oklahoma’s application for a five-year, $50 billion rural health fund secured the state over $223 million for 2026. The state received one of the highest investments nationally, only ranking behind California, Montana, Alaska and Texas.
The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
Gateway Allied Health LLC is set to graduate 61 students Thursday night, sending a new class of health care professionals into the community.
State officials plan to use funds for mobile health units, telehealth expansion, and modernizing facilities in 160 rural municipalities.
Michigan is set to receive $173 million in federal funding for rural health programs. The funding, which is for fiscal year 2025-26 only, is part of the newly-established Rural Health Transformation Program.
Iowa gets $209 million to improve rural health care by expanding access, recruiting more professionals and tackling cancer prevention.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced this week Louisiana will receive $208 million in 2026 from the massive $50 billion federal rural health fund that will be distributed over the next fi
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state Democratic leaders accused President Trump of unleashing a political vendetta after he announced plans to freeze roughly $10 billion in federal funding for child care and social services programs in California and four other Democrat-controlled states.