New dashboard shows exactly how much federal funding Mass. is losing out on under Trump

Massachusetts officials launched a new online dashboard this week designed to clearly show how federal funding cuts are negatively impacting Massachusetts under the Trump administration. All told, the state has lost about $3.7 billion due to President Trump and a Congress beholden to him, according to the dashboard.  

In interviews, Gov. Maura Healey often speaks about how funding cuts could harm Massachusetts residents. But those effects can get lost under a daily deluge of news from the Trump administration. The new dashboard represents one of the Healey administration’s clearest efforts yet to pin blame on Trump in an enduring and easily-understood manner. 

High-profile opposition to Trump has helped Boston Mayor Michelle Wu cruise to a second term. As Healey seeks reelection herself next November, positioning herself as a vocal Trump foil could similarly help boost her standing among an electorate that continues to dislike the president. 

“Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ funding cuts are making life more expensive for Massachusetts residents, undermining public safety, taking away health care, and hurting our businesses,” Healey said in a statement. “There is no way that any state can make up for the billions of dollars they are cutting from our budgets.”

In the meantime, voters have a new tool at their disposal to track the federal money that Massachusetts is being deprived of. Health and human services programs have been hit the hardest so far, to the tune of about $1.6 billion in cuts. Through congressional action, tax credit programs related to MassHealth and the state’s Health Safety Net are set to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. 

About 28% of Massachusetts residents are enrolled in MassHealth, and the state’s Medicaid program. The dashboard highlights how up to 300,000 current Medicaid recipients are in danger of losing their coverage. By fiscal year 2028, the state’s healthcare system could be looking at $3.5 billion in cuts. 

Epidemiology work, funding for asthma research, and an initiative to address health disparities tied to COVID-19 are among the other areas losing funding. 

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, requiring states to pay more for the food stamp program. Massachusetts is one of the places that will be most affected: It is set to see a 477% increase in SNAP’s share of the state budget, according to an analysis from the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality. 

SNAP benefits are responsible for generating around $3 billion for more than 5,500 retailers in Massachusetts each year, and SNAP sales account for about 20% of all grocery store, supercenter, and retail store sales. One in four households rely on SNAP, and 108,500 are at risk of losing their SNAP benefits, according to the state’s data. 

State officials are asking residents to report the direct impacts of federal funding cuts, and have singled out a few examples. In Pittsfield, efforts to expand Wi-Fi access to rural areas will be derailed. In Manchester-by-the-Sea, FEMA funds meant to replace a bridge and remove a collapsing culvert are at risk. Officials there are warning that delaying this work could significantly disrupt utility services and the area’s transportation infrastructure. 

In a statement, Healey thanked Attorney General Andrea Campbell for her work challenging the “illegal actions” of the Trump administration. According to the dashboard, more than $223 million in federal funds have been “successfully defended and reinstated.”