Trump budget would cut $1 trillion from services used by Hawaiʻi families

The proposed federal budget from the Trump Administration would cut more than $1 trillion from programs critical to families in Hawaiʻi and across the country including:

  • Medicaid;

  • Native Hawaiian Education Act Program;

  • Children’s Health Insurance Program;

  • Social Security Disability Insurance;

  • Planned Parenthood;

  • Public health preparedness programs, which help to prepare Hawai‘i and other states for outbreaks like dengue and Zika;

  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program);

  • Emergency Medical Services for Children Program;

  • Social Services Block Grant, a program that helps support children and families in need;

  • Community Development Block Grants, a program that helps local governments fund affordable housing and anti-poverty projects;

  • National Park Service;

  • National Institutes of Health; and

  • Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8 housing).

“President Trump’s budget proposal is not just radical, it’s cruel. But make no mistake—this budget is dead on arrival,” said Sen. Brian Schatz. “When the administration tried to cut these programs for this fiscal year, we didn’t let it happen. This time is no different. I will fight as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to protect the programs that make our local economy and our communities stronger.”

Will Caron

Award-winning illustrator, painter, cartoonist, photographer, editor & writer; former editor-in-chief of Summit magazine, The Hawaii Independent, INhonolulu & Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi. Current communications director for Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center.

https://www.willcaronhawaii.com/
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