Millions of dollars of tens of dollars were blocked by the Trump administration for health programs run by the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC), which is being issued to the grant.
According to several CDC employees, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the agency’s expenditure schemes for specific grants, which was held at least from the end of July.
OMB did not return the request for comment.
CDC is now scratching for at least $ 200 million for funding, public health emergency preparations, tobacco research, research on chronic illness, and more, at least $ 200 million for at least $ 200 million.
A CDC employee said, “A lot of prepas have been worked, but it will be a huge scuffle” to get the awards out of the door, an employee of the CDC said.
Employees say they are moving as soon as possible to reduce the disruption for the partners of the State and Local Health Department, and if the administration reverses its decision or decides to withdraw other funds.
OMB used a footnot on an appropriation memo in July to tell the directors of the CDC center, not allowed to transfer funds to the blocked programs.
At the beginning of the new administration, the White House began giving money to the CDC on the basis of month-by-month, citing the need for external reviews.
According to CDC employees, the practice was closed when the agency receives two months of upperization through the end of the financial year, but some grants were distributed late, while other administration officials were blocked with much less without any communication.
State and local health departments are Left in darknessUncertain if they will be able to spend money before ending at the end of the financial year on 30 September. Some programs will end on 31 August if funding is not renewed.
But CDC employees say they are not allowed to communicate with the grant about the status of the prize, because the situation can change at any time.
“This is good news with a starving,” said Sharon Glandmartin, Executive Director of Safe States Alliance.
Gilmartin said, “Funds allow the least to start grant to move forward through the system and have the opportunity to get out of the door,” however, there is still a possibility that they do not.
Earlier this month, an executive order gave extraordinary control to political appointments on the federal grant process, including the ability to eliminate existing grants at any time. The stakeholders are also careful that the White House may decide to return the money through a rescue request.
“Now it’s to HHS and Dogi [the Department of Government Efficiency] To do the right thing and to receive grants to those they have been approved, ”Gilamartin said.
