Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel discusses Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal year 2026 budget recommendations on Feb. 19, 2025. | Kyle Davidson
As Michigan lawmakers begin reviewing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2026, uncertainty surrounding federal funding has remained a confounding variable in crafting a new state budget.
In a presentation to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Wednesday, Elizabeth Hertel, the department’s director, said 70% of the $39.1 billion in funding Whitmer had allocated for the Department in FY 2026 stems from federal funding…