LINCOLN- Nearly $100 million in funding already disbursed to Nebraska is being clawed back as part of the Trump administration’s plan to shrink the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In Nebraska, it will mean less federal money for university research, childhood vaccinations and mental health, and substance abuse treatment. It means fewer dollars for battling opioid addiction, addressing health disparities in underserved areas, and responding to infectious diseases.

A grant termination order recently sent to leaders at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services lays out two reasons for the cuts. One: It will save money. A representative of the federal government wrote in an email that the cancellation was part of President Donald Trump’s February executive order to start the “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative, to reduce federal spending. And two: The COVID-19 pandemic is over.

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