Talk of cutting funding for Meals on Wheels

“We consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that.’ So that is a specific tie to his campaign”, Mulvaney said. “Local programs fundraise individually and we can assume that there was likely a groundswell of local support, as well”, she said.

Every day hundreds of meals are prepared at the Chester County Food Bank. Visitors to their website now see a pop-up ad featuring an elderly man in a U.S. Army Veteran hat. The budget includes cuts to many domestic programs in order to offset increased military spending. And we need you. It gets less than a million dollars in federal funds.

“We’re afraid that now some very good lawyers who’ve been working for us are going to say ‘I have a family to feed”. However, according to the Meals on Wheels 2015 annual report, the majority of their funding (about 84%) comes from individual contributions, while only 3% comes from federal grants such as the CDBG program provides. It was not clear how much of the block-grant funding goes to Meals on Wheels, since decisions are made by states and local governments.

This reduction in funding will severely affect the quality of life of many low-income residents, contribute to the deterioration of already struggling communities, imperil our local environment, and rob us of the arts and culture which make life attractive. “Meals on Wheels can not sustain any further funding cuts”.

Under Trump’s plan, the popular HUD program known as Community Development Block Grants would be ended.

Both agencies provide funding for Meals on Wheels, although its main source of funding is the Older Americans Act overseen by the Health and Human Services Department. “It really misses the mark”, Collins said. “This budget would add insult to injury”.

Mulvaney’s answer was quickly rebutted by people who have researched the effectiveness of Meals on Wheels.

The preliminary outline for Trump’s 2018 budget aims to slash funding for the Meals on Wheels program, among other cuts. “There’s nothing better than Meals on Wheels and I mean that from the heart”.

“The majority of senior nutrition programs receive funding from HHS, so it would be hard to imagine a scenario free from harm”, accroding to a statement released Thursday by the national Meals on Wheels organization.

The release of President Trump’s new budget, titled America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again, has caused a major uproar as the EPA and State Department are set to each lose upwards of 31 percent of their funding. The meals are prepared locally, frozen and delivered by volunteers, who also check up on clients’ welfare. “It is one I would never vote to cut even one dollar”, Collins said.