Dear Colleagues, Please note the request below from the New England Council for comments about the impact of the possible federal funding freeze on programs and organizations within the New England region. Congressional offices have indicated that they would welcome this information to inform their response and enable them to advocate for us. As NEC members, NEOA and its membership are encouraged to contribute this feedback, and it would strengthen our voice and advocacy for the protection of TRIO and related programs to do so. We are also happy to compile and share your impact stories with the NEC as an NEOA set, if you would like to contribute that way. Please direct your comments, if so, to the NEOA Advocacy Co-Chairs: Sarah Morrell sarah.morrell@umb.edu<mailto:sarah.morrell@umb.edu> and Lindsay Carpenter lindsay.carpenter@lyndoninstitute.org<mailto:lindsay.carpenter@lyndoninstitute.org> Thank you for your ongoing advocacy! Sarah Begin forwarded message: From: Mariah Healy <mhealy@newenglandcouncil.com<mailto:mhealy@newenglandcouncil.com>> Date: January 31, 2025 at 2:02:22 PM EST To: Sarah Morrell <Sarah.Morrell@umb.edu<mailto:Sarah.Morrell@umb.edu>> Subject: NEC Seeks Member Feedback on Impacts of Possible Federal Funding Freeze Reply-To: mhealy@newenglandcouncil.com<mailto:mhealy@newenglandcouncil.com>  CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER aww NEC Seeks Member Feedback on Impacts of Possible Federal Funding Freeze View as Webpage<https://lyi4jwdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001H5yTRU64AmiVYqUhfEYvYW4mzPTK9bvX2Q4aPZXqgdNMtpC_9feBZsRrFY9TMAgksjs5wYEs9UPF0s-d_gl68jZ41tLb8frJNYZcEHT9w3Gtuvz1iQ_xawqIQ9f_euSQB8YaG5tMowhuMa2gw2Mo1w==&c=mLjGPnZVFvUEBOyrlMukDA-zADYw5MiDebLefRe5Ny9rsawqy8VkBw==&ch=KfMsyaAryxhI712J-Obsrx6s2G96PQtHEbBEDJhnaOGsoaasHWQSSg==> [https://files.constantcontact.com/b03af9ce001/6f647e9d-56d2-42e0-a854-0c85f5e16d2b.png]   Higher Education Committee Update [https://files.constantcontact.com/b03af9ce001/76e33436-3a80-456a-8a15-5d62e2fb4f16.jpg]   NEC Seeks Member Feedback on Impacts of Possible Federal Funding Freeze   What You Need to Know: · The New England Council is in communication with New England Congressional offices regarding recent developments related to a freeze on federal grant and loan funding. · We will be compiling concerns and information on the potential impact of any such freeze to share with the delegation to help inform their response. · Please reply with any information you’d like to share, either attributed to your organization or anonymously. NEC Staff Contact Mariah Healy<mailto:mhealy@newenglandcouncil.com> Director of Federal Affairs O: (202) 547-0048 x. 203 C: (301) 785-6126   More Details The New England Council’s policy staff has been closely monitoring ongoing developments this week related to President Trump’s intention to freeze federal grant and loan funding. As you know, the Administration announced Wednesday that it was rescinding the memo released earlier in the week, however subsequent statements from the White House have caused ongoing confusion. We have been in contact with many New England Congressional offices over the last several days, who have expressed their own frustration with the lack of clarity from the White House and the widespread confusion that has resulted. As this situation continues to unfold, Congressional offices have indicated that they would welcome information on the potential impacts of this funding freeze to help inform their response and enable them to best advocate for the region. To that end, the Council will be working over the coming days and weeks to collect and compile any feedback or examples our members would like to provide that we will then convey to our region’s Congressional offices. If you have information to share on how your business/organization, or your sector more broadly would be impacted by the possible funding freeze, please reply to this email. If you would prefer that any information you share NOT be attributed to your organization and only shared anonymously, we will accommodate that request. Below, please find several resources related to this matter. 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