The Trump Administration freezes sparks, panic, relief, confusion in Gilbert – Gilbertsunnews.com

The confusion and insecurity penetrated by the Gilbert City Hall, local schools and non -profit organizations after freezing the Trump administration for trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans and support programs.

Hanging in the balance of public schools in Gilbert, Gilbert, Higli Unified and Chandler Unified and countless non -profit organizations serving residents are millions of dollars for everything – from school lunches to needy students to water infrastructure and street repairs and projects to public safety money S

Although the US Management and Budget Office withdrew the note from January 27, requiring federal agencies to review the programs in the country, the county and local authorities funded by these dollars, the White House stressed that the review would continue – and thus frozen.

Matthew Weite, the acting director of OMB, said in the note: “The use of federal resources to progress Marxist capital, transgender and green new transaction Social engineering is a loss of dollars of taxpayers who do not improve the daily life of the life of life of the life of life The life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the everyday life of the everyday life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of the life of life The everyday life of the life of the everyday life of the life of the everyday life of the everyday life of the everyday life of the everyday life of the everyday life of the life of the everyday life of the life of the daily life of the life of the everyday life we ​​serve. “

On January 29, Omb withdrew the note, but the next day the White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt, published on social media, “this is not the cancellation of the freezing of federal funding.” force and consequence and will be strictly fulfilled. “

At the same time, Arizona Prosecutor General Chris Mace and her 22 -state counterparts filed a lawsuit against freezing, while the second led to a temporary suspension of the court, which expires on Monday, February 3rd.

Local municipal and school employees were worried not only about funding for this fiscal year, but also for the future of federal aid.

“This solution is deeply concerned, as we have many critical projects and basic programs that support our quality of life that the loss of these funds would affect,” said Gilbert spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison.

“We are actively looking for an explanation of the grants that the city has received to understand the potentially significant impact on Gilbert’s budget and the services we provide. We will share more information as it becomes available. “

City authorities could not provide a common figure for the federal aid that Gilbert was receiving, saying that they were still evaluating which grants would be affected.

For example, the city receives annual federal funding from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of the United States (HUD), through its funds for grants for community development and partnerships for investment in housing.

The city’s 2024-25 city action plan states that Gilbert received $ 1 million for block grants and $ 305,000 in home remedies last year, which he used for his emergency program and insignificant home repairs, repairs to Senior Center and Public Services.

It is also in danger of $ 2.24 million in grant from the US Department of Transport, which Gilbert was awarded last month in the declining days of the Biden administration to evaluate the safety of 14 intersections on the highway.

Most of the school districts of the federal dollars receive programs for stakes for Title 1, which serve children in mainly low -income neighborhoods; The special education, which the regions say, that Arizona is chronic inadequate; and school lunches for children from impoverished families.

The State Chief of Public Instructions Tom Horn told the US Department of Education told him that “this pause does not affect financing for ownership of disadvantaged economic schools, funding for special education or other grants for formulas.”

But he added: “However, as there are many details that are yet to be clarified, as unforeseen situations, I directed this department to withdraw the necessary funds during the two -week period covered by the federal pause.

GPS spokesman Maki said the area had received just over $ 3 million to finance Title I this year.

She also said the area had received $ 637,000 for schools to improve the quality of its teachers and school leaders and $ 244,000 for programs promoting students’ success.

Higli announced that he had received $ 919,000 during this fiscal year for Title I Programs. In addition, Higli’s financial report pointed over $ 300,000 federal grants for other programs.

“We are still watching the events as they unfold and make adjustments to the needs,” said Higli spokesman Jessica Bautista.

Of the $ 47.4 million in Chandler Unified by the Federal Government, $ 26 million go to food services to cover the cost of eating low -income families. The remaining $ 21.4 million is Title I and cover some of the cost of training for special needs students.

“We do not believe that this will affect our federal or state funding for this fiscal year,” said Chandler Unified in a statement.

“As we always do, we will closely monitor all the funding cycles.”

Non -profit organizations were also left confused.

If freezing remains full for a long time, it will have a great influence for non -profit organizations as a new sheet that offers an array of programs, including helping people overcome homelessness and domestic violence.

“It’s huge,” said Tanner Swanson, a non -profit spokesman for meat. “We do not know if we could keep the doors open to some programs.

“Seventy -five percent of some of the funding for some of these programs, even if it comes from the city, the county or the state, it comes from the federal government. This will affect the greater part of our programs. “

A new sheet serves over 20,000 people throughout the valley a year.

Swanson said the Trump Directive “creates a lot of uncertainty.”