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| Donations to Meals on Wheels Surge After News of Proposed Federal Funding Cuts | |
| 2017-03-18 | |
| [LI] President Trump unveiled his new federal budget proposal this week, leaving big government lovers in full on meltdown mode. One of the programs on the chopping block is Meals on Wheels by way of a Community Development Block Grant. Despite numerous reports to the contrary, Meals on Wheels is not wholly federally funded: "Meals on Wheels, a program that supports the delivery of meals to seniors who cannot afford food or cannot prepare it, started in Australia and has been in the United States since 1954. The program serves 2.4 million seniors every year and does get funding from the Community Development Block Grant program. But the situation is complicated and saying that the budget eliminates the Meals on Wheels program is factually incorrect. According to the Meals on Wheels annual IRS filing for 2015 (it isn’t a government program), approximately 3.3% of its funding comes from government sources.
If its portions of block grants were eliminated, the program wouldn’t suddenly disappear. However, the organization says that it already cannot keep up with growing demand from seniors who need help. In addition, Meals on Wheels passes funding down to 5,000 local groups that provide food, and they additionally might be affected by the funding cut." | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 A good deal more than 3.3% of MoW is Federal Money (something like 1/3), but only 3.3% comes from programs being proposed for cut. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-03-18 17:10 |
| #5 I contribute to MoW. If the Feds cut that 3.3% then I'll up my private charity a bit more. No problem |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-03-18 11:50 |
| #4 Just reducing the size of programs by removing redundant administrators and duplication will be a cost saving. Enroll MoW'ers in the Federal food stamp program, relieve the states of their individual program burdens. Centralized administration means standardized auditing of program effectiveness and 'some' truth in number traceability. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-18 11:39 |
| #3 Mark Levin was discussing the proposed budget cuts last night and the proposed cuts are only a small part of the total budget--something like 1-2%. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-18 10:15 |
| #2 Once again hysteria reigns supreme and the progressives take full advantage of it. Look for vids of granny going over the cliff without her happy meal. Is there any Federal program that can't stand some paring down and efficiencies? Meals on Wheels gets about 3% from Federal funding; the rest from corporations, foundations and individual donations. In addition to the CDBG program, Trump has proposed 17.9% cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services and that will trickle down through its programs but its impact on Meals on Wheels is uncertain at this time. The CDBG program has administrative costs of upwards of 25%. Another criticism is that the program is not sufficiently focused on combatting poverty. Meals on Wheels is a community-based program and has an active volunteer program for delivering meals seniors; some efficiencies are gained from that. While Hillary was SOS, some $6 billion was lost. Where's the outrage over that? What about the money going to Iran in the Obama/Kerry shifty deal? Trump is right, he was left a mess to clean up. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-18 10:10 |
| #1 So prior to 1954 nearly everyone could afford food? What changed ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-18 08:20 |