The canceled federal subsidies have an effect in Milwaukee, says the Department of Health

THE cancellation of approximately $ 11.4 billion In the centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subsidies to local health services have an effect in Milwaukee.

On Thursday, the director of budget and administration of the Milwaukee Health Department, Aaron Szopinski, explained the impact on the AURS of the city’s public security and health committee.

The subsidies, which were created during the cocovid-19 pandemic, were interrupted at the end of March.

“We are disappointed, of course,” Szopinski told Alders. “I think we really relied on these funds to help us build a lot of resilience after picking.”

The Milwaukee Health Department received $ 6.6 million directly from the CDC as a health disparities grant, to be used by May 2026.

This money was planned for three things – the training and deployment of 60 community health agents, performing air traffic upgrades in two local shelters and placement Public health nurses In “high-needed postal codes,” said a health service spokesperson.

At the end of March, $ 4.27 million had already been spent. The remaining $ 2.36 million was frozen.

The ministry also obtained $ 3.9 million in used grants, via the State. He has supported COVVI-19 wastewater tests, sequencing intended to detect new variants and purchases of COVID-19 vaccines.

From this money pool, $ 1.6 million was spent and $ 2.3 million was frozen.

When subsidies were closed in March, the Federal Agency said communities no longer needed money.

“The 19 -year -old pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of dollars of taxpayers who respond to a non -existent pandemic that the Americans left years ago. HHS prioritizes financing projects that will once again make President Trump’s mandate to approach our epidemic of chronic diseases and make America healthy, “said President Trump.

Szopinski said money was used to finance ongoing projects.

“We use subsidies as a financing mechanism to do everything we have to do as a health service,” said Szopinski. “These needs do not change if our funding changes.”

He said the Department is working to find new sources of funding for impacted programs, in particular for those involved in partners such as the two local shelters, the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge and the Milwaukee Women’s Shelter.

Szopinski said that upgrades to the ventilation of the refuge were supposed to be carried out this summer and were supposed to help residents with COVID-19 or other isolated respiratory diseases from other residents.

“Literally, CVC equipment has been bought and is seated,” he said.

“We are lucky that the walls were not opened, but we were very close to hitting these projects,” he said.

He said the 60 community health workers were supposed to “serve as a bridge with various public health objectives and programs”. Ten of them were in training when the funds were frozen, said a spokesperson for the department.

Szopinski said this program was also “pending”.

“We want to find a new way of doing it,” he said.

He said the ministry had evaluated the possible risks for all their federal subsidies – $ 25 million in total – in February.

“I don’t mean that these are four-dimensional failures, but it’s a bit like that,” he said.

“We have really critical programs in our clinics and health centers, and our goal is therefore to continue serving people at the highest level possible,” he said.

The Milwaukee Health Department was also affected by the Recent layoffs of CDC’s main experts. The department had hoped for their help in Milwaukee ‘public schools’ continuous lead crisis.

All $ 4.66 million in frozen grants in the department are subject to a trial Seeking to block the cancellation by the government of subsidies. This prosecution was filed by 23 states – mainly with Democratic governors – including Wisconsin. He is currently located before the Rhode Island Federal Court.