WOWK – Nonprofit leaders in West Virginia are speaking out about potentially harmful impacts to communities after changes to federal funding are put in motion from President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy’s data in 2025, federal dollars make up nearly half of the state’s overall budget, with about $5 billion specific to programs like Medicaid and other human service initiatives.
“West Virginia is one of the most impoverished states. We have one of the lowest average incomes of any state in America,” Rosemary Ketchum, the executive director of the West Virginia Nonprofit Association, said.
