Rocky Ford was a finalist for an environmental justice grant. Then Trump stepped in.

The site in question spans city blocks in Rocky Ford, a town in need of a facelift. The…
#Environment #federalaid #RockyFord #Safeway #Trumpadministation #What’sWorking
https://www.europesays.com/2181606/

"Programs that rely on federal subsidies eventually collapse—or hollow out in slow motion. That doesn’t mean we should fight harder to protect those subsidies. It means we should build towns that don’t need them."

Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/19/when-systems-are-fragile-they-break-heres-what-that-looks-like

#Economy #Subsidies #FederalAid #Sustainability #Community #Water #Sewer #Airport

Shauneen Miranda of Florida Phoenix highlights a major shift in student loan policies as congressional Republicans propose significant changes to repayment and federal aid. Utilizing the reconciliation process allows them to bypass standard voting hurdles. While aiming to save over $350 billion, concerns rise from advocates about how these reforms might impact higher education access. Click to read more about this critical issue: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/what-know-about-us-house-gop-s-student #StudentLoans #FederalAid #HigherEducation #Congress #EducationReform

#FAFO
#Sanders #Alabama #FederalAid
#TFG

He said no!

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/04/21/sanders-says-arkansas-in-dire-need-of-federal-assistance-but-trump-says-no

A significant case involves the federal aid freeze announced Monday.

Democracy Forward quickly filed a lawsuit against this move meant to vet funding programs based on 'woke' standards.

#FederalAid #Lawsuit

Judge continues to block Trump administration's freeze on federal assistance

cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-…

U.S. District Judge Loren Alikhan sided with a group of nonprofit organizations, saying that a freeze on federal assistance "may be crossing a constitutional line."

#federalaid #Americanfamilies

Forbes: At Least 10 #StudentLoan And #FederalAid Programs Run By The #DepartmentOfEducation May Be Cut
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/02/10/at-least-10-student-loan-and-federal-aid-programs-run-by-the-department-of-education-may-be-cut/

#Democracy #Democrats #Democratic #DemocraticParty #FederalAid #USAID #Petition · Stop the USAID Stop Work Order – Protect Jobs, Security, and America’s Future - United States
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-usaid-stop-work-order-protect-jobs-security-and-america-s-future

White House Rescinds Order That Froze Federal Aid, But Confusion Remains
#News #Politics #ChuckSchumer #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Federalaid

https://deadline.com/2025/01/white-house-rescinds-federal-aid-freeze-1236271791/

White House Rescinds Order That Froze Federal Aid And Stoked Confusion
#News #Politics #ChuckSchumer #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Federalaid

https://deadline.com/2025/01/white-house-freeze-federal-aid-freeze-1236271791/

Read the Memo Pausing Federal Grants and Loans

Gift article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/27/us/omb-memo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s04.6fGL.XWJ2_WUIOq4L

#FederalAid #TrumpDefundsFederalAid
#TrumpDefundsFederalGrants

UPDATE: Trump defunding of Federal aid:

Sahil Kapur/#NBCNewsNow: the WH is now unable to tell me if #Medicaid's included. Red states are far more reliant on Federal assistance than Blue states. The general opinion is his Executive Order was not ready for primetime.

Incompetence.

#FederalAid #DefundingFederalAid

• Does this program provide Federal funding to non-governmental organizations supporting or providing services, either directly or indirectly, to removable or illegal aliens?



• Is this program a foreign assistance program, or provide funding or support activities overseas?



• Does this program provide funding that is implicated by the revocation and recission of the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan?



• Does this program include activities that impose an undue burden on the identification, development, or use of domestic energy resources (including through funding under the Inflation Reducing Act of 2022; and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act)?



• Does this program provide funding that is implicated by the directive to end discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities, under whatever name they appear, or other directives in the same EO, including those related to “environmental justice” programs or “equity-related" grants?



• Does this program promote gender ideology?



• Does this program promote or support in any way abortion or other related activities identified in the Hyde Amendment?



• If not covered in the preceding columns, does this program support any activities that must not be supported based on executive orders issued on or after January 20, 2025 (including executive orders released following the dissemination of this spreadsheet)

Claim that #FEMA is giving #Californiawildfire survivors just $770 is false

A #FEMA #disasterrelief program is offering #wildfire victims one-time payments of $770 for essentials, but it’s not the only #federalaid available.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/wildfires-verify/fema-not-giving-california-wildfire-survivors-just-770-disaster-relief/536-31ef2a74-9895-42b1-b61a-dd5534741dae

man-made extreme cold,
placing strings on wildfire aid,
won't fix extreme heat

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #climate #heat #ExtremeHeat #wildfires #fire #FEMA #DisasterRelief #FederalAid

During his #GOP Presidential campaign #DJT threatened to withhold #FederalAid from #California unless the state changed how it approached water management.

Sen. John Barrasso of #Wyoming, the No. 2 ranking #Republican in the upper chamber, blamed #CalFire disasters on “policies of the liberal administration out there” adding " I expect that there will be strings attached to money that is ultimately approved"

In bipartisan votes, #Congress recently approved billions of dollars in new disaster funding for #Florida, #Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, #Tennessee and #Virginia with no specific conditions on those states federal assistance.

https://wapo.st/42eedQQ #GiftLink #FreeLink #WAPO

The all but official position of the Republican party is that voting for Democrats disqualifies you from federal disaster assistance #trump #fucktrump #californiawildfires #newsom #disinformation #federalaid #publicnotice

Trump's thuggish response to t...

#fema #federalaid #florida #desantis #socialism

No FEMA, or Federal aid, for FL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqqIab2YeUo

The legislation, which was publicly released Sunday evening, accomplishes much for President #Biden & House Speaker #KevinMcCarthy, enabling both to tout a victory that appeared elusive just days ago.

For Biden, the deal avoids the headache of another #DebtCeiling debate this term, while staving off Republican demands for steep cuts to #DomesticSpending. McCarthy gets a deal that curtails #FederalSpending & increases some work requirements in #FederalAid programs, such as #FoodStamps.

These Local Governments Are Using #FederalAid To Cancel #MedicalDebt
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/cities-cancel-hospital-bills-rip-medical-debt