All Departments
HHS Budget PDF pp. 25–29

Department of Health and Human Services

FY2026 Enacted
$126.9B
FY2027 Proposed
$111.1B
Change
$-15.8B
-12.5%
Budget reduction severity12.5% cut
9 programs affected · $16.9B total proposed reduction

Program-Level Cuts

ConsolidatedCritical Impact

Achieving Health America — HHS Program Consolidations and Cuts

$5B

30 million community health center patients; 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline callers; mental health/substance abuse block grant recipients in all 50 states; Title X family planning recipients; CDC emergency preparedness grantees

healthcaremental healthsubstance abuse
ReducedCritical Impact

National Institutes of Health

$5B
11% cut

22,000+ NIH-funded researchers; 300,000+ research personnel nationwide; patients benefiting from biomedical research

researchhealthcarescience
EliminatedCritical Impact

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

$4B
100% cut

~6 million low-income households; 40% include seniors; 52% include disabled members

energypovertyseniorsdisability
ReducedMajor Impact

Unaccompanied Alien Children Program

$819M
50% cut

Unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody

immigrationchildren
EliminatedCritical Impact

Community Services Block Grant

$775M
100% cut

1,000+ Community Action Agencies; 9–10 million individuals in 5.2 million households

povertysocial services
ReducedMajor Impact

Office of Refugee Resettlement Program

$768M
75% cut

Refugees and asylees; resettlement agencies nationwide

immigrationsocial services
ReducedMajor Impact

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

$356M
20% cut

Hospital Preparedness Program; pandemic preparedness infrastructure; Strategic National Stockpile

healthcareemergency prep
ReducedModerate Impact

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

$129M
37% cut

Hospital patient safety programs; healthcare quality researchers; 6,000 hospitals using AHRQ tools

healthcareresearch
EliminatedMajor Impact

Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs

$100M
100% cut

Teens in targeted prevention programs

healthcarechildren