Overview

• The spreadsheet, sent in error by an HHS employee, lists over 150 research grants potentially slated for termination, with only 21 marked to continue funding.
• The grants, funded by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, include studies on Head Start, child care policy, foster care, and child abuse prevention.
• HHS has labeled the spreadsheet as containing 'outdated and predecisional information' but has not ruled out the termination of these projects.
• The proposed cuts follow months of upheaval at HHS's Administration for Children and Families, which has seen mass layoffs, office closures, and budget proposals to eliminate Head Start entirely.
• Grant recipients, including over 50 universities and nonprofits, await formal notifications, raising concerns over the loss of critical evidence underpinning child welfare programs.