There's a lot of talk around Springfield and other communities today about the fact that President Trump's budget would end funding for Meals on Wheels. Many have called it "heartless."
His budget chief says the program just isn't showing any results. White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says the nation can't spend money on programs "just because they sound good."
Meals on Wheels uses volunteers to deliver warm meals to more than a million older Americans in their homes each week.
A 2012 study by Brown University suggested that states that spend more money on Meals on Wheels and similar programs spend less money on nursing homes.
Community Development Block Grants, which the administration wants to end, provide three-billion dollars a year to Meals on Wheels.
That amounts to about three-percent of the program's annual budget.
Nearly 85-percent of the national office's funding comes from individual donations and corporate grants.
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