Yes. More than 900,000 Arizona residents—about 12% of the state’s population—received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in fiscal year 2024. Public policy officials estimate that thousands more Arizonans could qualify for assistance but have not yet enrolled.
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Has the Trump administration offered the University of Arizona funding incentives to scale back DEI, restrict international students and follow its preferred policy agenda?
Yes. In October 2025, the Trump administration issued a memo titled “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” offering preferential funding incentives to nine universities—including the University of Arizona—if they agreed to a series of sweeping policy changes.
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Has Planned Parenthood Arizona stopped accepting Medicaid patients?
Yes. On Oct. 1, 2025, Medicaid recipients lost access to services at Planned Parenthood Arizona’s seven state clinics, according to CEO April Donovan. In a Sept. 29 statement, Donovan cited “retribution and retaliation” from the Trump administration and its backers in explaining the decision to stop accepting Medicaid patients.
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Did the Trump administration propose cutting funding for tribal colleges by almost 90%?
Yes. Under the Trump administration’s Fiscal 2026 budget proposal, federal funding for tribal colleges would drop from about $183 million to just $22 million, a nearly 90% reduction.
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Arizona’s community health centers were built on Medicaid. Now they face uncertainty
Arizona’s community health centers, which serve 870,000 patients, are among the most Medicaid-dependent in the nation. Now, a federal law could strip billions of Medicaid dollars from the state in the coming years — a loss that leaders warn could force clinics to cut services or even close.