A new dashboard from the Colorado government tracks federal funds that are either being cut or are at risk from the Trump administration, as well as the state’s efforts to protect these funds through legal action.

Out of the state’s 20 agencies, the dashboard currently shows federal funding tied to nine of them. It does not yet include the largest source of federal funds: the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which receives more than half of the federal funds sent to Colorado, primarily for Medicaid.

The 2025-26 state budget shows that Colorado anticipates $14 billion in federal funds, with $7.8 billion allocated to cover Medicaid costs.

So far, the state has retained $282 million for the nine agencies and departments through legal action, either through permanent or temporary restraining orders. A statement from the governor’s office said another $56 million remains at risk from cuts, and $97 million has been eliminated.

Most of the funds Colorado has held onto are for the Department of Public Health and Environment, at $211.5 million. The dashboard does not display the data that supports these numbers.

Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday the Trump administration is trying to “rip away local and state funding that supports cybersecurity and public safety, helps Coloradans access or charge low-cost electric vehicles, helps people access food and more.”

“This is federal funding that has already been allocated to states by Congress, and now the administration is working to take it away. We are doing everything in our power to protect this funding for Coloradans and local governments, including pursuing legal action when necessary. This dashboard will help increase transparency and accountability,” he said.

The Trump administration has been pushing to reduce what it described as a federal government that is too bloated, with too much money being lost to waste and fraud. The government has some $36 trillion in debt and ran a $1.8 trillion deficit last year, and Trump officials have argued that the changes the administration is pursuing are needed to begin shrinking the size of the federal bureaucracy.

Trump allies have also argued that running trillion-dollar deficits means successive federal governments have decided to sacrifice the future stability of generations of Americans in order to pay for today’s spending programs.

The cuts and at-risk funds come at a particularly anxious time for the state and budget writers. Already, lawmakers needed to cut $1.2 billion in general funds from the 2025-26 budget. Joint Budget Committee Chair Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, has stated that those cuts will not be restored in the following year’s budget and that further cuts are likely.

The hardest-hit agency, according to the dashboard, is the Colorado Department of Transportation, which lost $44.5 million that will not be restored. CDOT also lost nearly $100 million in the 2025-26 budget due to general fund cuts.

The dashboard addresses potential cuts to Medicaid. That’s part of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House and which the U.S. Senate is now reviewing. The Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting expects an approximate $1 billion ongoing shortfall, based on the House version.

The state would have to shoulder $350 million for Medicaid under the current version of the budget bill, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office.

For SNAP, known as food stamps, costs for Colorado would increase by $300 million.

The federal budget bill would also affect refunds from the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The House bill would result in a reduction of general fund revenue of $577 million due to changes in federal tax policy. That would reduce TABOR refunds by $288 million in 2025-26, payable in 2026-27.