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Philadelphia Inquirer: chaos over cuts to fed health grants closes an addiction care center, threatens vaccine clinics
Philadelphia Inquirer - (archived: https://archive.ph/HylZP ) In Philly region, chaos over cuts to federal health grants closes an addiction care center and threatens vaccine clinics
In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempt to cut more than $11 billion in federal public health grants, Philadelphia-area organizations say they’re navigating a chaotic, uncertain environment.
by Aubrey Whelan, Katie Bernard, and Gillian McGoldrick
Published April 15, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET
A Manayunk addiction recovery organization, decimated by layoffs, is turning away clients seeking help at a neighborhood drop-in center.
At a disability rights nonprofit, research on how to make medical equipment like MRIs more accessible is imperiled.
Public health departments around the region are scrambling to find new ways to pay for efforts to get vaccines to residents and to slow the spread of infectious diseases.
Philadelphia-area health organizations say they’re navigating a chaotic, uncertain environment with few answers in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attempts to cut more than $11 billion in federal public health grants — with more than half a billion dollars at stake in Pennsylvania.
The grants on the chopping block, distributed among government health agencies and hundreds of nonprofits around Pennsylvania, were appropriated by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supported a wide range of programs meant not only to address the pandemic, but to improve states’ public health responses for future health threats, as well as mental health and addiction treatment.
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In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempt to cut more than $11 billion in federal public health grants, Philadelphia-area organizations say they’re navigating a chaotic, uncertain environment.
by Aubrey Whelan, Katie Bernard, and Gillian McGoldrick
Published April 15, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET
A Manayunk addiction recovery organization, decimated by layoffs, is turning away clients seeking help at a neighborhood drop-in center.
At a disability rights nonprofit, research on how to make medical equipment like MRIs more accessible is imperiled.
Public health departments around the region are scrambling to find new ways to pay for efforts to get vaccines to residents and to slow the spread of infectious diseases.
Philadelphia-area health organizations say they’re navigating a chaotic, uncertain environment with few answers in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attempts to cut more than $11 billion in federal public health grants — with more than half a billion dollars at stake in Pennsylvania.
The grants on the chopping block, distributed among government health agencies and hundreds of nonprofits around Pennsylvania, were appropriated by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supported a wide range of programs meant not only to address the pandemic, but to improve states’ public health responses for future health threats, as well as mental health and addiction treatment.
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