Background

The Nevada County budget for fiscal year 2024-25 is $387.7M. Approximately 46% ($167M) of the revenue to fund that budget is expected to come from state and federal governments.

Funding expected or promised from the federal government to our County does not usually get cut unless there is something like a country-wide recession. Listed below are cuts to federal funding that were made due to changes in priorities of the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government, and not because of a recession.

2025 Federal Funding Cuts to Nevada County

Below is federal funding that Nevada County was expecting that has been canceled. In June, as we go into the 2025-26 fiscal year, it is uncertain what further changes to federal policy, decisions, or funding could occur. 

1. $39M grant canceled for Phase 2 of Wildfire Mitigation

Nevada county received nearly $1M for Wildfire Mitigation Planning, which was Phase 1 of this project. This Phase 1 is successfully complete resulting in the plan for how property in Nevada County will be protected from the danger of wildfire.

For Phase 2, Nevada County was granted $39M by the federal government to implement the plan developed in Phase 1. Earlier this year, FEMA cancled the $39M originally granted for Phase 2.

2. $600K grant canceled for Public Health

This funding was granted to Nevada County and then abruptly canceled in March 2025. Nevada County dug into our county reserves in order to avoid cutting public health staff that would have otherwise occurred when the federal government reversed their decision on this grant.

More detail on Federal funding impacts

Click here to see a map of the United States that outlines DOGE cuts by Congressional District. To see the cuts to Nevada County, locate District 3 on the map and select More Detail.

The process Nevada County uses to adopt the FY2025-26 Budget can be seen here.