Nutrition and food nonprofits are in disarray after US President Donald Trump ordered a temporary freeze on federal grants and assistance through an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo. Before the freeze took effect, the US District Court intervened and temporarily halted the funding freeze. This legal action has raised concerns about potential impacts on programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and other programs that rely on federal funding. In a reversal, the White House has rescinded the memo but according to their spokesperson, Trump’s executive orders remain in “full force and effect and will be rigorously implemented.”The sequence of events has caused confusion. The administration clarified its stance: “The pause does not apply across the board. It is expressly limited to programs, projects, and activities implicated by the President’s Executive Orders, such as ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Green New Deal, and funding NGOs that undermine the national interest.”
