Here Are All The Federal Programs That Could Be Impacted By Donald Trump's Freeze

Donald Trump's freeze on federal assistance will begin at 5 PM EST.

Donald Trump’s Administration has announced that a complete freeze on all federal assistance programs will begin at 5 PM EST today. This freeze will not impact programs that provide direct assistance to Americans like Social Security and Medicare. But, the freeze will impact a number of other critical programs that will impact millions of Americans. As a result, I wanted to outline all of the programs that could be impacted this evening.

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With that, here is a non-exhaustive list of the federal programs that could be impacted today. This list is broad and I will provide you updates as we learn more information:

• Funding for Medicaid benefits

• Funding for SNAP assistance

• Funding for local law enforcement to fight crime

• Funding for research for childhood cancer

• Funding for homeless shelters operated by non-profits

• Funding for domestic violence safety programs operated by non-profits

• Funding for suicide hotlines

• Funding for Section 8 rental assistance

• Funding for Title I education grants

• Funding for temporary assistance programs for needy families

• Funding for state grants for child care

• Funding for Head Start

• Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

• Funding for school breakfast and lunch programs

• Funding for EPA grants for clean water infrastructure

• Funding for Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Block Grants

• Funding for foreign aid grants

• Funding for clean energy projects

This list is non-exhaustive, and the Trump Administration announced that it will be excluding programs from the funding freeze on a “case-by-case” basis. We don’t yet know exactly which programs will be excluded, if any. As written, all of the above programs could be frozen as a result of this memo, which has been described as many legal scholars to be unconstitutional.

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