Funding delays have pushed several community health centers nationwide to close or cut back on staff, citing issues accessing federal funding. The financial problems, the centers say, appear to stem from last week’s temporary domestic funding grant freeze and the implementation of new executive orders.

Congressman Seth Magaziner called the disruption of federal funding under the Trump administration “dangerous and totally unacceptable.”

A federal memo sent to health centers serving Massachusetts' most vulnerable populations ordered the immediate halt of programs conflicting with recent Trump executive orders.

Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.

Massachusetts’ community health centers, providing critical care to the state’s most underserved populations, received federal memos starting last week ordering them to abandon federally-funded programs related to DEI and gender identity.

Uncertainty continues after President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget rescinded its memo — but not the administration’s plans — to freeze federal grant monies.