The DOGE Impact Tracker

In the wake of the Social Security Administration slashing 12% of its workforce earlier this year, the agency’s field offices have struggled to adjust to their new normal with overburdened workers and frustrated recipients, reports the New York Times:

When Rebekah Walker noticed she was short on her July rent,...

Since DOGE was launched in early February, the cost-cutting initiative has had a major impact on Idaho — from federal job and service cuts to nonprofit funding freezes.

The Idaho Statesman recently rounded up the stories that it’s published so far on the various impacts throughout the state:

Many curated...

Federal funding makes up close to 70% of the budget for New Leaf, an organization that runs an emergency shelter for homeless families in Mesa, Arizona. As those funds dry up, it was forced to close the shelter, even as homelessness is on the rise in the region, reports KJZZ:

The...

The EPA ended the Solar for All program in early August, about $150 million of which was intended for Arizona, including $25 million for the Hopi tribe, which intended to use the solar power for 1,000 homes that currently lack electricity, reports KJZZ in Phoenix:

Gov. Katie Hobbs and Democratic members of Arizona’s...

Federal grants to state and local health programs have been delayed or blocked, in part due to external reviews by DOGE, reports The Hill. Among them is Alabama’s Department of Public Health, whose chief Scott Harris says that the uncertainty is causing “chaos” for health departments.  

In addition, per...

Last January, residents of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were alarmed by an Office of Management and Budget memo that requested a review by federal agencies of thousands of federal programs that awarded grants. The small city was expecting tens of millions of dollars in grants that were in jeopardy. In addition,...

A neighborhood near the University of South Florida Tampa campus received a grant in March from the EPA to address longstanding stormwater and sewage issues. But that grant is now on hold, due to DOGE funding cuts, reports WUSF.

The University Area is one of the lowest-lying spots in the...

Due to $1.3 million in cuts to programs long funded by federal grants, the city of Long Beach, California will no longer provide a mobile testing unit for free HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing, outreach services and education programs for high-risk individuals, reports the Long Beach Watchdog. In April,...

U.S. Department of Education cuts are impacting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin in Northern California, organization COO Michelle Heery tells the Petaluma Argus-Courier. Funding for its arts programming will not be renewed due to cuts to a federal grant and other funding cuts will impact the organization’s ability...

President Trump cut funding for AmeriCorps in April — and though Congress approved money for the program, the administration has yet to release the money, reports Cal Matters. The loss of funding is having a deep impact on hundreds of California schools that serve low-income students, where AmeriCorps volunteers provide...