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USAID Employee Fired on Maternity Leave After 20 Years

4/22/2026

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Amy Uccello, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee, was fired via email while on maternity leave after more than 20 years of service.
She received only three days of health insurance and no severance pay.
They now rely on food stamps and Medicaid after the layoffs tied to the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID, which affected about 16,000 employees and 280,000 contractors in Washington, D.C.

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Story summary

Amy Uccello, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee, was fired via email while on maternity leave after more than 20 years of service.
She received only three days of health insurance and no severance pay.
They now rely on food stamps and Medicaid after the layoffs tied to the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID, which affected about 16,000 employees and 280,000 contractors in Washington, D.C.