The Amputee Coalition laid off four staff members, furloughed two, and reduced the hours and salaries for most other staff in response to the government’s freeze of federal grant funding. Although a court order temporarily reversed the freeze, Amputee Coalition leaders concluded they could no longer be certain of receiving funds from the five-year $3.3 million grant from the Administration for Community Living that underwrites the National Limb Loss Resource Center, one of its largest programs.
“We literally had a [funds] transfer in progress that was halted,” Cass Isidro, the Amputee Coalition president, told Amplitude magazine. “Two days later we were able to access those funds, but that was a wakeup call. It gave us reason to sit back and say: If this can happen, we need to be good stewards of the core services we’re providing so we can weather this environment. We believe and hope the monies that Congress has appropriated [to support the limb-loss community] will move forward on time, but it’s our job to make sure that the phones don’t stop getting answered.”
“Given our success in 2024 and our momentum coming into 2025, this is particularly difficult news to share,” Isidro said.
To read Isidro’s announcement, visit the Amputee Coalition’s website.
To watch a video message from Isidro, visit “Supporting Our Community in Uncertain Times.”
To read the Amplitude conversation with Isidro, visit Amplitude’s website.
