06/28/2025

CDC Grant Funding Moves So Slowly Layoffs are Occurring

The agency has yet to receive its full funding for FY 2025

Health departments around the country have noticed there's something strange happening with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): It's not showing up on schedule and there's been no communication about why.

The federal public health agency doles out most of the money it receives from Congress to state and local health departments, which then contract with local organizations. That's how public health work gets funded in the U.S.

According to two CDC staff members with knowledge of the agency's budget, the CDC has yet to receive its full funding for the 2025 fiscal year. NPR agreed not to name the staff members because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

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