Congress complicates the Trump-DOGE Burn Everything Plan.

Plus: an important Congress-DOGE story you might have missed, the downside of a grant project that is too wide open, and this week's grants listings.

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DOL cuts $500 million in international labor projects.

I wrote about this yesterday with some quick reactions. Sounds like the DOL personnel cuts may come into focus soon, too. Still keeping an ear out. Nickbeadle.06 on Signal, if you want to chat.

It was a big reminder that the federal grant situation has not yet stabilized, and you should be mindful of your options and your risks if you’re running a federal grant.

Why’d Congress have to to go and make things so complicated?

While you were reading about the group chat with the homies, Congress found that completely reinventing the federal government and American society in one fell swoop is a bit harder than it seems.

The Trump Burn Everything Bill would start $330 billion in workforce and education cuts over ten years, according to a framework cleared last month by the House. The Senate has not yet agreed on a similar framework. Sen. Lindsey Graham, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, called the House’s product “woefully inadequate.”

More behind the paywall on the interesting way DOGE plays into what’s happening on The Hill. But if you’re looking for a direction for your advocacy and education on your federal workforce program of choice (or dependence), the Senate seems a good place to start.

The Trump Administration cut $12 billion in health and behavioral health grants. And a whole lot else.

Several states relied upon these dollars to address current healthcare and behavioral healthcare issues, evidently using them to patch shortfalls and keeping public health officials employed. These cuts preceded the announcement of up to 20,000 layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

This could have a downstream effect on workforce programs. For several programs, WIOA requires exhausting existing sources of help for workers that can help them participate in training before the program can pay for those on its own.

If there are fewer public officials or fewer public health services, it will be harder for programs to see if those services are available. Alternatively, it could be easier in some circumstances for WIOA-funded programs to justify using supportive services dollars. That could have downstream funding effects too.

A good event for grantees.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science will have a webinar today noon on grant terminations, using NIH and NSF cuts as a case studies for handling termination. You can sign up here.

This week’s grants listing number: around $1.9 billion.

There’s usually a springtime rush of money. We’ll see if that holds for the new Trump Administration.

Behind the paywall

• The fascinating Congress-White House-DOGE story you probably missed.

• A Trump way of funding workforce projects that sounds better in concept than reality.

• The Trump Administration signals its first workforce grant opportunity, and all of this week’s grants listings.