President Donald Trump’s budget proposal raises concerns among some local officials about the way it would affect Weld County
The Trump administration's "America First" budget proposed last week has some local officials worried those funds -- and money for programs that benefit residents across the county -- might not be available next time they're needed.
"Without his work as a VISTA during the time of the flood, we couldn't have responded in the way that we did," she said.
The budget proposes eliminating the
In a statement released with the budget, Trump said it's the right budget at the right time for the nation.
"To keep Americans safe, we have made the tough choices that have been put off for too long," he said.
While
Education
The 21st
"It's definitely showing that we're getting growth out of our students. Students are more engaged. There are relationships being built between the students and the teachers through the program," he said.
One 21st Century grant is set for three more years of programming at Northridge,
"We just hope that something will continue to be available or we can continue to offer these services to our students for the before- and after- school program," Seefried said.
Volunteer programs
Truswell said that AmeriCorps volunteers have been vital to alleviating poverty in the county.
Over the 10 years
"In addition to impacting those communities across the nation, and certainly here in
AmeriCorps volunteers that have worked at
"I think the program not only has this concrete impact on poverty and helping alleviate poverty, but it also is building our nation's future leaders," she said.
Disaster Recovery
The Community Development
"They were critical to basically assisting people. We got to provide two years of rent assistance for people affected by the flood; we got to replace some mobile homes and homes that were completely damaged by the flood," Teixeira said. "These funds are very important recovering from the 2013 flood."
The Community Development
Mulvaney defended the cuts as necessary, noting the government "can't spend money on programs just because they sound good."
Agriculture
The budget included a
"While we're pleased that this budget outline doesn't include any cuts to crop insurance or Title 1 farm programs, we are very concerned about the impact that the deep discretionary cuts, particularly at
"While we support more funding for our military and defense, we must maintain support for our farmers and ranchers," said
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