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New Jersey Department of Health and Department of Human Services Expand Access to Hospital Care and Outpatient Services for State’s Most Vulnerable Residents

December 16, 2025- The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and the New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJDHS) announced that the federal government has approved approximately $540 million in funding to help hospitals care for uninsured residents and to improve outpatient services for Medicaid patients.  

Six Fire Departments in Central Jersey Share $510,531 Federal Grant

December 16, 2025 - Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) on Tuesday announced that $510,531 in federal grant funding will be delivered to six fire departments in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District to support their public safety missions. The funding was provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Fiscal Year 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. 

U.S. Department of Ed Awards $256 Million in Literacy Grants

December 15, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education has announced $256 million in new Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grants to improve literacy nationwide. These grants are the first awards made using three of Secretary McMahon’s grantmaking priorities: strengthening evidence-based literacy instruction, expanding education choice, and returning education to the states.  

NSF and partners invest $9M in AI-focused math education program

December 15, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (NSF SBE) has launched the Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL), a new $9 million investment aimed at transforming K-12 mathematics learning and education. Supported through an agreement with philanthropic partners, including the Walton Family Foundation, CAMEL advances interdisciplinary collaboration that brings together artificial intelligence, the science of learning, education practice and data science.    

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces $1.5 Billion in Infrastructure Funding to Get America Building Again

December 15, 2025- U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants for Fiscal Year 2026 that makes $1.5 billion available for infrastructure projects across the country. Under Secretary Duffy, the merit criteria of BUILD grants will prioritize increasing safety measures, expanding transportation options for American families     

Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding

December 11, 2025 - A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered the Trump administration to restore billions of dollars in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding, siding with 22 states and the District of Columbia that sued over the canceled grants this summer. President Donald Trump’s administration said in April it was “ending” the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, which helped communities with pre-disaster projects to harden infrastructure and improve resilience against the increasing threats of climate change. 

Education Department distributes more than $208M in new mental health grants

December 11, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education announced new allocations for its mental health grants, which it revoked from over 200 original recipients earlier this year. The new grants total more than $208 million, but are significantly less than the nearly $1 billion in funds pulled from school-based programs and providers earlier this year, according to court documents. The grants were rescinded because of their alleged use to fund diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in providing student mental healthcare services.   

Trump administration to rethink changes to homelessness grant program after lawsuits

December 8, 2025 - President Donald Trump's administration withdrew for now sweeping changes it recently announced to a $3 billion grant program providing services for homeless people, in response to lawsuits by states, cities and nonprofit groups. The administration, in a filing in Rhode Island federal court, said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pulled back changes to its Continuum of Care grant program, including a cap on the amount of funding that can be used for permanent housing and a ban on grants for groups that focus on transgender communities, to assess issues raised in the lawsuits.  

Transportation Secretary Duffy Launches “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” Campaign, Announces $1B in Funding to Support Initiative

December 8, 2025 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy launched his “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” campaign ahead of a busy holiday travel season. The goal of the campaign is to address a common refrain from the public – it can be challenging to travel as a family. From needing more dedicated spaces for young children and exercise equipment, to finding places for mothers to nurse their children, to staying fit on the go, or struggling to find more healthy food options, the Trump Administration is committed to making every stage of the travel journey more seamless. To improve families’ experiences in airport terminals, Secretary Duffy announced $1 billion in funding to incentivize more family-friendly resources in airport terminals.   

U.S. appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers

December 5, 2025 - A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools.  

Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants

December 3, 2025 - The Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersedes any prior notices which may have been received related to grant termination.  

Long awaited $6.5B in heating assistance released to states and tribes

November 28, 2025 - Approximately $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, was released Friday to states and tribes, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. The federal funding for LIHEAP, which helps millions of low-income households pay to heat and cool their homes, has been held up during the beginning of the cold-weather season because of the federal government shutdown, which ended Nov. 12. 

Black Inventors Hall Of Fame Receives $500,000 IMLS Grant For Flagship Exhibit About Charles Frederick Page

November 20, 2025 - The Black Inventors Hall of Fame (BIHOF) Museum announced that it received a $500,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The funding will be used to curate its flagship exhibit: the Charles Frederick Page Immersive Experience Airship (dirigible). 

National Park Service Awards DEP Nearly $1 Million in Grants for Wallace House Historic Site Rehabilitation

November 19, 2025 - The National Park Service has awarded the Department of Environmental Protection a combined $950,000 in grants to implement an interior rehabilitation project, improve educational resources and support stream and riparian restoration at the Wallace House, a Revolutionary War historic site in Somerville, Somerset County. Additionally, a $200,000 Preservation Planning Grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program will fund the creation of a report to guide historic interpretation upgrades and environmental rehabilitation at the site.     

US Department of Labor awards more than $10.5M in grants to support mine safety, health training across the nation

November 19, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses by supporting programs such as safety and health courses. NJ listed among awardees (NJDOL $75,974).    

Education Department to offload grant programs as Trump works to close it

November 18, 2025 - The Department of Education announced it will offload billions of dollars in grant programs to other federal agencies, moving the Trump administration closer to its goal of shuttering the department. Officials said Tuesday that they had signed agreements empowering the Labor Department to administer most K-12 and higher education grants and the State Department to oversee foreign language education programs.   

NJ community colleges brace as DOJ declines to protect minority-serving grants

November 17, 2025- Urban community colleges enrolling large numbers of Hispanic, Black and low-income students in New Jersey and nationwide are canceling programs and staring down the possibility of funding cuts as the Trump administration moves closer to ending a critical grant program that supports Hispanic-serving institutions.  

HUD Blocked From Requiring Grantees to Comply With Trump Orders

November 17, 2025- The Department of Housing and Urban Development is barred for now from forcing grant recipients to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The new grant requirements “far exceed the authority delegated to HUD by Congress and contradict a variety of federal laws in meaningful and consequential ways,” Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said.    

What the end of the government shutdown means for you

November 13, 2025 - President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Wednesday night to reopen the government, after the House passed it earlier in the day. After a 43-day stalemate, seven Senate Democrats and one independent joined Senate Republicans over the weekend to broker a new deal to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

More than 20 states sue EPA over canceled grants for solar power

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors

Trump administration freezes $18B for NY-NJ region transportation projects

US energy department cancels $7.6 billion in funding meant for projects

Energy Department Announces $625 Million Investment to Reinvigorate and Expand America’s Coal Industry

U.S. Department of Education Awards Over $153 Million in American History and Civics Seminars Grants

Administration for Community Living Awards $60 Million to Advance Make America Healthy Again Agenda

U.S. Department of Education Announces Release of Record $500 Million for Charter Schools Programs

US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy

SAMHSA Awards More Than $45 Million in Supplemental Funding to Support Young Adult Sober Housing Services

HHS Expands MAHA to Head Start Adding $61.9 Million to Nutrition Services for Children and Families

VA awards $84M in grants to fight Veteran homelessness

Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

Energy Department Announces $134 Million to Advance U.S. Fusion Leadership Through Targeted Research

Trump admin ends $350 million in grant funding to minority-serving institutions

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces $86 Million in Grants to Support State Pipeline Safety Programs

New Secretary’s Order Strengthens Outdoor Access and Recreation

VA awards $818 million in grants to combat Veteran homelessness

SAMHSA Announces $19M in Supplemental Funding to Strengthen Housing Capacity for Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness

Trump Administration Puts 46 States and Territories on Notice to Remove Gender Ideology Content from Sex Ed Materials

NEH Announces Reorganization of its Grantmaking Offices, Programs, and Personnel

20 states and D.C. sue DOJ to stop immigration conditions on funds for crime victims

Ed Department Preparing To Cut Millions In Special Education Funding, Advocates Warn

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Up to $1 Million in Prizes for Transformational Technologies with ARPA-I Ideas Challenge

Education Department has a backlog of 27,000 complaints about student loans

Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy

EPA Announces Availability of $9 Million to Protect Drinking Water from Natural Hazards and Cybersecurity Threats

USDA to Purchase $230 Million in U.S.-Grown Foods for Nutrition Aid

Interior Department Announces $102.9 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects

NEH Announces $34.79 Million for 97 Humanities Projects

USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working

Faster FAFSA: Department of Education announces streamlined student aid application

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow NIH to cancel health grants

VA Announces Improved Funding For Veteran Health Care

Interior Department Revises Guidelines to Speed Up Plugging of Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

USDA Invests $80 Million to Expand Timber Markets, Protect Forests, Fuel Economic Growth

Attorney General Platkin Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Mitigation Funding

NSF cancels $1.1B in grants, most tied to DEI programs

President Trump’s Transportation Secretary Announces Nearly $500 Million in Funding to Revitalize American Infrastructure

US Departments of Labor, Education implement workforce development partnership

SBA Relief Still Available to New Jersey Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought

US agriculture agency to end consideration of race, sex in many farm programs

Transportation Secretary to Recipients of Federal Funds: We're Tossing All Biden-Era DEI Directives

U.S. Transportation Secretary Removes Financing Policy Roadblock to “Get America Building Again”

EPA Adds Historic Potteries Site in Trenton to Superfund National Priorities List

US Supreme Court ruling may not bar blocking Defense Department research cuts, judge says

The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools

Labor Department awards grants to expand Trump goal of one million apprenticeships

U.S. Transportation Secretary Unveils Sweeping Updates to NEPA at USDOT to Fast Track Roads, Bridges, & Other Key Infrastructure

$94 million in grants awarded to Jewish faith-based organizations to prevent ‘violence and terrorism’: DHS

USAID Shutdown Costs Top $6 Billion, Internal Estimate Shows

HUD green retrofit grant recipients in limbo after funding upheaval

DHS secretary to review all contract, grant awards over $100k

USDA to Terminate DEI Awards

NEH Announces New Grant Program to Enhance Access ti Original Documents of America’s Founding and Government

Human Services Now Accepting Proposals for Age-Friendly Communities Grants

New Jersey Human Services Awards $3.5 Million in Additional Grants to Grow Inclusive Healthy Communities

Stop AAPI Hate sues DOJ over termination of $810M worth of grants

U.S. Secretary of State orders firings of all USAID staffers overseas to move forward

U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Availability of $5.4 Billion in Bridge Funding to Get America Building Again

The Secretary of Energy Announces the Termination of 24 Projects

Head Start Grantees Instructed to Present Training, Expenditures Free from DEI

USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers

Court Orders White House to Comply with Funding Restoration

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Suspends Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans

New Jersey Received Over $22 Billion in Federal Funds in FY2024, Marking a 56 Percent Increase from Pre-Pandemic Levels

Secretary’s Order Calls for Changes to Competitive Grant Allocation Priorities

Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs

Governor Murphy and AG Platkin Announce Recipients of $14.5 Million in Grant Funding for Violence Intervention and Prevention Work

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $22.6 Million for 219 Humanities Projects Nationwide

National Endowment for the Arts Supports the Arts with Nearly $36.8 Million in Funding Nationwide

New Jersey Department of Education Awards Grant to Train Educators in Identifying Signs of Suicidal Behavior Among Students