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STAT+: State and local health departments grapple with flurry of cuts from D.C.
Food programs, outbreak monitoring, mental health aid: state and local health officials grapple with a flurry of budget cuts from federal officials.
Food programs in poor neighborhoods. People to track surges of Covid, measles, or other diseases. Programs to help people with addiction.
The cascade of budget cuts from Washington has hundreds of state and local health officials around the country struggling to assess the impact on their communities and departments.
“I have food programs in some of the poorest ZIP codes that I can’t give food to children today. I have rec centers that are not going to be able to do certain community outreach,” said Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, who leads the City of St. Louis Department of Public Health.
