If the Trump administration's 2026 fiscal budget request is approved by Congress, it would eliminate the Centers for Disease Control department in charge of traumatic brain injury research and education, including the department's $8.25 million in federal funding. On April 1, the five employees responsible for administering the U.S. government's primary TBI program were placed on paid administrative leave by the CDC. Dr. Owen Perlman, a board member of the Brain Injury Association of America's board of directors, said the budget cuts would "roll back decades of progress" on TBI research and education. "For many people with concussions or certainly moderate or severe brain injuries, there's no endpoint," Perlman said. "It's a lifetime problem, and there needs to be lifetime funding for it."