What the new budget means

- January 25, 2018

Back in 2017 much talk was being passed around about the proposed budget for the next four years. This budget dubbed the "skinny" budget proposed many cuts to different programs. One of the most commonly used example of a program that would be cut was the program Meals on Wheels. However this budget would not directly cut funding to the program as it is not a federal program, but as USA today says in their article Here's the Truth about Meals on Wheels in Trump's Budget, "The majority of Meals on Wheels programs get most of their federal funding though the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the Department of Health Services that serves the elderly and disabled." As this bill was passed the impacts will start to be seen this year, as the budget starts to take effect. Because of these changes recipients of care from Meals on Wheels may start to lose the benefits that they have received in the past, but the organization always takes donations and is able to continue it's work because of such donations.