Education and child advocacy leaders are warning that a proposal to eliminate federal funding for Head Start could devastate Texas families, erasing decades of progress in early childhood education and worsening an ongoing child care crisis.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/04/28/519970/cutting-into-the-bone-houston-area-child-care-could-suffer-under-looming-head-start-cuts-advocates-say/

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Four regional climate centers in the United States have reopened — including one in College Station. The centers and their websites shut down abruptly on April 17 due to a lapse in federal funding.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/04/24/519704/regional-climate-centers-resume-operations-after-funding-loss-led-to-closures/

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The Houston Food Bank helps feed approximately 1 million people annually across 17 counties in Southeast Texas. But now, due to federal funding cuts at multiple agencies, the nonprofit likely will have to cut back on how many people it serves.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/04/15/518881/houston-food-bank-loses-millions-due-to-federal-funding-cuts/

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The Houston Health Department is losing $42 million in federal funding, which has raised concerns about how other city departments could be impacted by further federal cuts.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/04/11/518646/as-houston-health-department-loses-42-million-federal-funding-cuts-loom-large-for-city-housing-department/

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A YMCA program in Houston that helped Afghan refugees learn how to drive was suspended after President Donald Trump paused the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and stopped federal funding for organizations that help refugees.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/02/24/514553/this-houston-program-helped-afghan-women-learn-to-drive-then-trump-cut-refugee-resettlement/

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Harris County has joined a nationwide legal effort seeking to block funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made by the administration of President Donald Trump.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/02/21/514538/harris-county-joins-legal-fight-against-spending-cuts-to-national-institutes-of-health/

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