SLED Recon February 14, 2025

Health & Human Services:

• UAB, Birmingham mayor release statements on medical research funding(Alabama)

• Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze

• CT community health centers navigating uncertainty, funding delays(Connecticut)

• Illinois Department of Public Health announces grant opportunities promoting community health workers

K-12 Education:

• Dozens of Head Start Programs Still Aren’t Receiving Promised Federal Funds

• Alabama lawmakers recommends blended K-12 funding model

• Iowa Senate passes 2% K-12 school funding boost; House sets Thursday hearing on 2.25% raise

Justice & Public Safety:

• Walsh announces state grants for first responders(Pennsylvania)

• Salisbury: Nearly $185K in new funding for local fire and EMS resources(Pennsylvania)

• Colorado officials say $570 million in federal funds still frozen despite court order

• Kline announces justice grant(Minnesota)

• LAPD in jeopardy of losing millions in federal funds(California)

Sled Information Technology:

• UC-backed startups receive funding from $1.4 million state grant (Ohio)

• In Idaho, IT Consolidation Supports Technological Advances

• Bill would bar some private, for-profit companies from WA grants for broadband expansion (Washington – State)

Higher Education:

• Federal funding cap on colleges would cut at least $40M from research at UK(Kentucky)

• Higher Education Association Lawsuit Challenges NIH Action on F&A Reimbursement

Economic Development/Regulations:

• $156M solar power grant reopened for Washington amid federal funding turmoil(Washington – State)

• Funding Local Success: State Awards Economic Development Grants in the Fourth Senate District

Community Development:

• State grant divides Crow Wing County Board for housing funds(Minnesota)

• Governor Lamont Announces $12.8 Million in Small Cities Grants Awarded to Eight Municipalities To Modernize and Rehabilitate Housing(Connecticut)

• Green Bay Redevelopment Authority awards $163K in public service grant funds to 4 organizations(Wisconsin)

Natural Resources/Environment:

• Chancellors Run Regional Park to Get New LED Lighting with State Funding(Maryland)

• Missouri Department of Natural Resources awards $2.5 million to Licking(Missouri)

• With Oregon’s 2 largest federal climate grants on hold — for now — state agencies are left at a standstill

• Three federal grants targeting diesel fuel emissions are now unavailable to Massachusetts

Transportation:

• Whitmer unveils $3B road funding plan (Michigan)

• CTDOT, MDOT open applications for state-funded grant programs (Connecticut and Maryland)