
The DOGE Impact Tracker
The human toll of Trump-Musk's 'efficiency' initiative
Cuts to learn-to-fish nonprofit are impacting the sportfishing industry

DOGE funding cuts to a nonprofit that offers learn-to-fish programs around the country has forced the organization to furlough half of its employees and cost millions in spending by anglers, reports Outdoor Life.
Due to the cuts, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, has paused programs like...
DOGE Stubs Out Tobacco Prevention Programs in North Carolina

Federal cuts to North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services terminated the agency’s tobacco prevention efforts, reports WBTV:
At a statewide level, many of the department’s tobacco prevention efforts have ended or been severely cut back – best practices developed out of decades of research for stopping...
DOGE Cuts Impact Job Training, Small Biz Programs in Arizona

Funding cuts at the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Job Corps program are having a real-world impact in Arizona, resulting in the closure of programs to help small businesses and provide vocational training to low-income youth, reports the Phoenix Business Journal.
The state’s attorney general Kris Mayes said...
Federal Funding Uncertain for Adult Education Programs in Texas

Cuts to the Department of Education are impacting adult education in Texas, reports Texas Standard, noting that the federal money pays for about 80% of those services:
The money is usually allocated in the spring. But Sharon Bonney — the CEO of a national advocacy organization called the Coalition on Adult...
Coal Miner’s Daughter Fights Back After DOGE Cuts Jobs of Health Researchers

Over the last five decades, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. To catch that disease and other health problems early, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has screened miners at their mines, conducted research to track the diseases, and developed new tools to prevent...
DOGE Cuts Grant To Kansas For Rural Broadband

Last month, DOGE cancelled an $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce that Kansas intended to use for rural broadband, among other efforts. Similar federal grants to other states were also cancelled, reports the Topeka Capital-Journal:
Pat Lowry, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Commerce, confirmed the...
Rural Communities Have Been Hit Especially Hard by DOGE Cuts to AmeriCorps

Among the many rural communities around the country that were impacted by DOGE cuts to Americorps were several in South Dakota, where the Mahpiya Luta school and Pine Ridge Reservation saw funding cuts, reports Chalkbeat:
By offering job opportunities to people in the local community, AmeriCorps grants allowed Mahpiya Luta...
Cutbacks at Social Security Field Offices Leads to Frustration, Long Lines

Due to staff cutbacks proposed by DOGE staffers at the Social Security Administration, at least three dozen field offices lost more than a quarter of their staff, reports the New York Times. That resulted in long lines at offices overwhelmed by members of the public due to new requirements that...
DOGE Cuts Halted Texas Plans to Extend Broadband to Underserved Areas

DOGE cuts have terminated federal contracts and grants worth $863 million in Texas, reports the San Antonio Express-News. Among them were state plans to extend high-speed internet services to underserved communities and contracts to staff an army medical center’s outpatient rehab:
The Texas Comptroller’s office took the biggest blow in...
DOGE Cuts Are Hitting Summer Programs for Kids

Afterschool and summer programs around the country may have to cut back hours or shut down due to massive cuts to volunteer programs like AmeriCorps, reports Kiplinger.
In the wake of a lawsuit filed by two dozen states and the District of Columbia, a judge ordered the Trump administration to...