Q&A
Discussion on federal funding cuts and their potential impact
1:36:17
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Councilmember Lee and Deputy Chancellor Hawkins discuss the potential impact of federal funding cuts on early childhood education programs in New York City. They explore the extent of federal pass-through funding and contingency planning for possible reductions.
- Hawkins reveals that about $127 million in CCDBG funds are passed through from federal to state to city level for early childhood education.
- Lee inquires about contingency plans in case of funding cuts.
- Hawkins explains that scenario planning is being done in conjunction with the administration and OMB, but specifics are difficult without more details on potential cuts.
- The discussion highlights the uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the need for collaborative planning across city agencies to address potential shortfalls.
Linda Lee
1:36:17
And then just really two quick questions is for the federal dollars that are potentially going to be cut, what percentage of that is pass through money to you guys, because I know that even though the city has its money, lot of that embedded is federal dollars and so do you know the total amount or percentage that we're talking about here?
Simone Hawkins
1:36:35
Yeah, so the pass through is specifically our CCDBG funds, it's passed through from the feds, the states, through ACS to us and it's about 6,000,000 oh, I'm I'm misspeaking.
1:36:49
It is about $127,000,000.
Rita Joseph
1:36:53
Okay.
Simone Hawkins
1:36:56
That's a lot.
1:36:57
It is.
Linda Lee
1:36:58
And what is the sort of plan to in case that goes away what is the alternative solution that we're thinking or that you guys are thinking about?
Simone Hawkins
1:37:09
So you know there are a lot of priorities across the city.
1:37:12
CCDBG doesn't only touch early childhood here in the city and so as we all you know really address these uncertain times and start to do some scenario planning, we're doing that in conjunction with the administration, we're doing that in conjunction with OMB.
1:37:28
And so it's hard for us to plan without having details, but we are considering the possibilities where we can't absorb, where we can, but I can't really get into any specifics without having more details about what what will be presented to us unfortunately.
Linda Lee
1:37:44
Yeah, we're all gonna be in that one together so thank you chair.