Click the link to read the article on the Steamboat Pilot & Today website (Julia Coccaro). Here’s an excerpt:
March 13, 2025
In the Yampa Valley, a network of dozens of nonprofits provides essential services to the community. Recent federal policy changes, however, have introduced widespread uncertainty, ultimately threatening the stability and fate of many of these organizations. The Office of Management and Budget on Jan. 27 issued a memo following an executive order by the Trump administration announcing a federal freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in grants and loans. The order was blocked by a federal judge the next day, and on Jan. 29 the memo was rescinded. But White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that only the memo was rescinded, not the order, leading to mass confusion and anxiety regarding the fate of federal funding for thousands of programs nationwide.