Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's The National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis PreventionOverall, 2,400 federal layoffs or roughly 18 percent of the CDC's workforce. The Center on HIV and STD Prevention saw 27 percent of its 1,700 staff eliminated.The CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention works to ensure a future free of HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. The Center works to reduce incidence of infection, morbidity and mortality, and health disparities in the U.S. and abroad.From 2007 to 2010, the CDC-funded Expanded Testing Initiative sites provided more than 2.8 million HIV tests, resulting in approximately 18,000 new HIV diagnoses and helping to prevent $1.2 billion in direct medical costs.

Since then, approximately one-third of all new HIV diagnoses in 2013 were through a CDC-funded HIV test.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)Complete elimination of department (1600 federal layoffs).The CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health prevents work-related illness, injury, disability, and death by gathering information, conducting scientific research, and translating the knowledge gained into products and services.The assault on NIOSH halts services and stops activities critical to the function of the agriculture workforce. such as protecting thousands of workers from H5N1 bird flu. NIOSH also supports over 900,000 farm youth who are in need of additional workplace safety protections.
>>Source Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children & Families~700 total ACF layoffs.

~50% cuts to the Office of Child Care (OCC).

~40-50% cuts to Head Start offices, including 12 regional offices. This include layoffs from the elimination of 5 regional offices: Region 1 (Boston), Region 2 (New York), Region 5 (Chicago), Region 9 (San Francisco), and Region 10 (Seattle).

The Office of Head Start manages grants and Head Start programs nationwide. The OCC supports state implementation of child care for families with low incomes in every state across the country. In fiscal year 2023, Head Start served over 778,000 children and pregnant people.

In 2022, the Child Care and Development Fund served 1,434,900 children.
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Department of Homeland Security, The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)Over 100 federal layoffs; complete elimination of department.The CRCL is charged with ensuring that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activities protect individual rights and guarantee equal treatment under the law.Without the CRCL, there will be no internal watchdog offices left at DHS to assess the legality and effectiveness of, and problems with, the implementation of Trump Administration policies on immigration enforcement.

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Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Citizenship & Immigration Services, Ombudsman & Office of Immigration Detention OmbudsmanUnder 50 layoffs, leaving the department dysfunctional.The Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman helps members of the public resolve problems with immigration benefits, and the Immigration Detention Ombudsman conducts oversight on conditions at immigration detention centers.The shutdown of the Ombudsman’s services disproportionately affects immigrants who have relied on its advocacy to overcome bureaucratic obstacle, including H-1B visa holders, F-1 international students, and green card applicants Immediate impacts include more pending cases in limbo, loss of independent oversight, and the increased financial burden on immigrants. Without the Ombudsman, more immigration applicants will likely turn to attorneys and will have to resort to costly processing options to avoid delays in their cases.

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Internal Revenue Service7,000 federal layoffs; 5,000 of those layoffs toward workers in tax compliance efforts; additional plans to slash 45,000 more jobs.The IRS helps households receive their tax returns in a timely manner, administer the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, etc.With 50k layoffs, the U.S. will lose $12.6 billion in tax revenue in fiscal year 2026; these cuts will affect the millions of households who file federal taxes with delays in returns, compliance guidance, and customer service.
>>Source Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR)240 federal layoffs, including all staff at the 12 regional OCR across the country.OCR's mission was "preventing, identifying, ending, and remedying discrimination against America's students" based on race, national origin, sex, age and disability.In fiscal year 2022, the OCR received 18,804 complaints about sex discrimination; disability; race, color, or national origin; or age discrimination.>>Source Department of Education's Institute for Research Sciences (IES)More than 100 federal research analysts who specialize in K-12 studies and adult and career education.The IES is the research division of the Department of Education and administers large-scale efforts studies across K-12 to higher education. .The research collected by IES is used by educators, state and local departments of education, school districts, colleges, and other researchers to better understand student achievement, enrollment, and a host of other important functions that shape the education system in this country.

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Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)Complete elimination of department.NCIPC studies how to prevent gun violence, child abuse, and elder abuse.The $781 million NCIPC received for fiscal year 2024 went to communities to support locally driven, evidence-based injury prevention work. Together, injuries and violence cost the U.S, more than $4 trillion annually.
>>Source Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionComplete elimination of department.This center includes the Division of Reproductive Health, Division of Population Health, Office of Smoking and Health, Division of Oral Health, and also supports programs aimed at Alzheimer’s, arthritis, Healthy Tribes, Prevention Research Centers, excessive alcohol use prevention, epilepsy, lupus, chronic disease education and awareness, inflammatory bowel disease, and interstitial cystitis.From 2012 to 2018, 16.4 million smokers attempted to quit and 1 million successfully quit because of the Tips® campaign. The Million Hearts® initiative prevented an estimated 135,000 cardiac events from 2012 to 2016, averting $5.6 billion in medical costs. Nearly 800,000 people have enrolled in the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change program. Since 1991, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program has served more than 6.2 million women. Nearly 2 million middle and high school students are served by the CDC's What Works in Schools program, which improves students' mental health and reduces substance use, sexual risk behavior, and experiences of violence.
>>Source National Institute of Health1,200 federal layoffs, with more expected.The world's largest public funder of biomedical research; funds nearly $48 billion in scientific research outside the agency.NIH grants support more than 300,000 medical researchers and 2,500 institutions, including hospitals, medical schools, and universities.
>>Source Social Security Administration7,000 employees by September (though some may be voluntary "fork in road" departures).Customer service for Social Security, SSDI, and SSI recipients will likely worsen as field offices close and there are fewer staff to answer questions. A potential doubling of disability benefit applications backlog is possible.In 2023, 71.6 million people received benefits administered by SSA, with 5.8 million people being newly awarded benefits. They are at risk if customer service capacity declines and backlogs increase.

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Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL)At least 40% of federal workers laid off, with plans to shutter ACL completely.ACL coordinates federal policy on aging, disability, and anti-poverty programs. The agency funds and works with over 2,500 community organizations nationwide including senior centers, centers for independent living, developmental disabilities, and more. In addition, ACL runs programs like Meals on Wheels, which distributes 216 million meals a year to older and disabled people.
>>Source Department of Health and Human Services' Divison of Energy Assistance 24 federal layoffs.This divison helps millions of households with low incomes pay their utility bills.This division within HHS serves approximately 6.2 million households annually and is a $4.1 billion program.
>>Source Food and Drug Administration (FDA)3,500 federal layoffs.Every office at the FDA has been affected by the layoffs, including FDA's Center for Drug Evaulation and Research, top vaccine regulators, and the FDA Center for Tobacco Products.The FDA protects public health by regulating prescription drugs, medical devices, vaccines, and food safety; it affects nearly every household in the country.
>>Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)1,300 federal layoffs.NOAA's National Weather Service, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Centers for Environmental Information, and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meterological Lab.NOAA oversees many institutions that collect and clean data for tracking the weather and climate change. Fewer employees means less accurate weather forecasts and assessments of the human impact on climate change on the national level and for international partners that rely on the infrastructure the U.S. has in place to gather said data.
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