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Arizona has lost $3B in federal funding, new tracker shows

By Luisa Santos Martinez

The biggest cuts affected funding for infectious disease control, pollution reduction, tree-planting programs, disaster relief and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

“These type of dollars often support equitable economic growth,” said Joseph Palomino, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress.

Researchers said the root of many of the cuts trace back to Congress, specifically the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

An Arizona economist was asked to break down how the changes are showing up in SNAP, the category hit hardest.

“We’re essentially seeing that we’re almost at cumulatively over $600 to $700 million of SNAP benefits that have not gone to Arizona families and have not gone into local economies,” he said.

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