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Health + Human Services Update
Federal Grant Cuts Impacting San Antonio’s Health Services
On April 7, 2025, San Antonio City Council received a memo outlining major cuts to federal health grants that will directly impact Metro Health’s ability to deliver essential services. These cuts follow a broader move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce staffing and programs nationwide—putting lives and health outcomes at risk.
Key impacts include:
- Childhood Immunizations: Funding from the CDC’s Vaccines for Children program was reduced by $500,000, forcing Metro Health to stop administering vaccines at its clinics and eliminate five staff positions.
- Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Services: The early termination of a $25.3 million grant led to the loss of 23 temporary positions and will end mobile vaccine operations by June 30, 2025.
- STD/HIV Prevention: The rescission of an ARPA-funded grant has eliminated five positions focused on syphilis investigations—impacting the review of over 1,000 STI reports per week.
- Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance: The state has paused activity on a $2 million epidemiology grant, halting partnerships with UT Health and cutting services for COVID-19 testing, flu surveillance, public education, and more.
- Mental Health & Housing for Pregnant Women: Grants supporting the Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) were terminated, ending programs for pregnant and parenting women, peer support outreach, and housing in collaboration with Haven for Hope.
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These cuts come as shelters are overcrowded, pregnant survivors are referred elsewhere, and demand for health services continues to grow. If state and federal leaders won’t do their job, the city must step up—by using its budget to fund access to shelter, mental health care, and life-saving health services.
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