Cuts to social safety net
Destroying our last-resort protections
Cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and prevention weaken the foundations of safety. Freezing or slashing these investments doesn’t reduce harm—it destabilizes communities and shifts resources away from what actually works.
The facts are clear
Cuts to vital programs increase crime and gut public health
Budget cuts and funding freezes target the very programs that prevent harm—healthcare, housing, food assistance, and community safety—while leaving punitive systems untouched or expanded. The result is less support, more instability, and greater risk for everyone.
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16.6%
The increase in crime rate after mass Medicaid cuts. And the government just cut $1 trillion from the program. That will lead to about 3 in 10 young adults (ages 18-24) losing their health care. In addition to providing people with essential health care, Medicaid is also a crime prevention strategy. One study of mass disenrollment from Medicaid found that it increased crime rates by 16.6%.
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Supportive Housing & Nutrition Assistance
In 2025, the federal government passed legislation cutting $187 billion dollars in food assistance (SNAP/food stamps). Federal cuts to other programs that address homelessness will likely result in an increase in people facing homelessness. This will increase crime.
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15 million people
Are set to lose healthcare after new federal legislation. Millions will pay more. Crime will go up.
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What we know
These cuts are cruel and dangerous
Programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and housing assistance are designed to support catch people before crisis turns into catastrophe. Slashing these lifelines pushes families deeper into instability and increases the conditions that lead to harm.
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$1 trillion
The amount of tax cuts to the top 1%--in the same bill that took $1 trillion away from Medicaid
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3 in 10 young adults
Will lose healthcare due to the Medicaid cuts
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$12 billion
Illegally withheld from Head Start, a program with decades of proven success helping kids and families and reducing crime. In one study, participating in the program reduced crime by 49%.
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$2 billion
The amount HHS tried to cut from mental health and substance use treatment before the outrage caused them to reverse course.
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The number of times the Administration illegally withheld Head Start funds
In the news
Stories from around the country on the devastating cuts and harm to families and communities
Everywhere you look social safety net programs that families depend on are being hacked away while the Administration funnels billions to the wealthy elite
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