Congress passed legislation last night to extend funding for the federal government through September 30, 2025, the end of the current fiscal year. This legislation, once signed by the President, averts a government shutdown that would have gone into effect just after midnight on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
This long-term funding patch bill – also known as a continuing resolution (CR) – continues federal funding for most federal agencies at fiscal year 2024 (FY24) levels. However, it does include a steep cut of roughly $13 billion to non-defense funding as well as an increase towards defense spending of about $6 billion over current budgets. Further, it included extensions of the following programs through September 30, 2025:
- Community Health Centers
- Special Diabetes Program
- Teaching Health Centers that operate a graduate medical education program
- National Disaster Medical System
- Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program
- Personal Responsibility Education Program
- Family-to-Family Health Information Centers
- Public Health Emergency Fund
- Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise
- National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
The text of the legislation and a section-by-section summary is available for review.
As Congress now turns its attention to FY26 funding bills, AMCHP continues to press for robust funding increases to maternal and child health programs, including $1 billion for the Title V Maternal & Child Health Block Grant.
To stay up-to-date on and get involved in AMCHP’s appropriations efforts:
- Check back on our Government Affairs webpage for our updates on our FY26 appropriations work;
- Register for the AMCHP Policy & Partnership Town Hall Series, which will resume in April 2024 and occurs on the second Thursday of every month thereafter at 2 PM ET; and
- Sign up for AMCHP Legislative Alerts and Policy Digest, and share the subscribe link with your peers.
As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Sherie Lou Santos (ssantos@amchp.org), AMCHP’s Chief of Policy, Government Affairs, and Communications with any questions.
