Minnesota’s new tracker shows how axed federal funding disrupts state services

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday shared a new data dashboard residents can use to track how federal funds that have been cancelled or disrupted by the Trump administration are impacting state services.

Cuts to federal funding, which have been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s second term and his Department of Government Efficiency unit, have been wide-ranging. In Minnesota, they’ve included grants for tracking measles and avian influenza, providing heating assistance and mitigating flooding.

According to the dashboard, the federal government has cancelled $296 million in funds for Minnesota and almost $56 million more is at risk of cancellation.

The online tracker lists which grants or awards were disrupted or canceled, the federal agency that awarded the funds, the state agency that oversees the funds, a description of the impacted grant, the total award, the amount of the award impacted by the federal action and the date of the action. Minnesota state agencies have reported these funding disruptions or cancellations to the Minnesota Management and Budget and its Federal Funds Implementation Team, which is maintaining the dashboard and will update information about the cuts every weekday.

The cancellations and funding freezes, despite facing legal challenges, have resulted in layoffs and fewer services to Minnesotans, according to the governor’s office. In fiscal year 2025, Minnesota received $23.3 billion from 687 federal grants and awards, and about 35% of the current state budget is comprised of federal grants.

Any additional cuts could create funding holes in the state’s budget, according to a press release from Walz’s office.

“Decisions made by billionaires in Washington are cutting real programs that save Minnesotans money, monitor disease outbreaks, and keep us safe. And they’re just getting started on their promised cuts to Social Security and Medicaid,” Walz said in the release. “Sweeping changes at the federal level are happening with little to no warning or public process. By tracking these changes, we’re doing what we can to keep Minnesotans informed on what we know and what’s to come.”