Health departments nationwide are experiencing significant delays in receiving funding from the CDC, vital for public health operations. The CDC has reportedly not received full funding for the 2025 fiscal year, leading to a situation where grants for local health departments remain unsettled. This delay has been characterized by some CDC staff as 'rescission by inertia,' with agencies currently operating on limited, short-term funding. The ramifications are especially severe for state departments, heavily dependent on federal grants for vital public health services.
"Most state health departments get most of their funding from the feds; in Alabama's case, we get more than two thirds of our funding from federal grants, predominantly CDC."
"Nothing really can happen if we don't know that we're going to get the money; if there's no notice of award, it's really risky for public health work."
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