What the Trump administration's federal funding freeze means for nonprofits like Meals on Wheels
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- A federal judge granted a "brief administrative stay" on Tuesday, halting enforcement of the Trump administration's federal funding freeze just before it was set to go into effect.
But many programs and nonprofits across the country are still dealing with new uncertainty and questions, particularly those that receive government funding.
On Tuesday Scripps News spoke with Josh Protas, the chief advocacy and policy officer at Meals on Wheels, the national nonprofit dedicated to addressing hunger and isolation among America's senior citizens. He spoke about what the Trump administration's freeze might mean for Meals on Wheels.
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I volunteer for Meals on Wheels. This is terrible for those lonely, home bound elderly people who look forward not only for a hot meal, but a nice hello and hug from the drivers. So sad
@@jujumulligan43 your efforts are appreciated. Communicate with The Church. They are gonna be first to know info.
open yo ears and listen!!!
You need to listen, I heard that it would 4or5 times today
Dont worry! You have just been lied to and you already believe this propaganda as the truth. You will make a good Democrat Sheep.
Maybe the CEO of meals in wheels can pay from their $700k annual salary instead of taking from the already broke tax payers.
Just like any ceo they’ve worked hard to get to where they are. If you have a problem with that salary which is actually LOW for a ceo then go at other CEO’s as well mam
@@Flash-lq4fbno they got there with luck and exploitation 😂
I agree that CEOs should be paid less. However, even if they did that, it wouldn't be anywhere near the monetary support required to run an organization that large. These kinds of programs are not profitable and are designed for those in need. Why do you support ending funding for these services?is it because you believe you would never need it? Therefore, it doesn't matter?
There are a lot of elderly people who need this service, how much money does the government send to other countries, or spend on weapons. This is just not right
@@goofyahhdude365it's conservative ideology in a nutshell.
Steal from the poor and needy…give it to the billionaires…
y they need it so badly sigh
pelosi 200 million + net worth. she says she is for the children.
Lol 🤣🤣🤣
It's so so sad!!!!! Groceries are still up!!!Medicaid was shut off in the state of Florida today too. All portals were shut down for Medicare, people who needed surgery or dialysis didn't get treated, hopefully the judge who Intervened will get that back on. Trump is hurting innocent lives! My God!
@@BellaItalian didnt get treated? you pay for services months later not on the same day or by the hour!
Does Trump even know what he's signing half the time, or is the kid who ran Trump's signing fiasco the day he was inaugurated still in charge?
You may be used to that sort of thing after watching biden drool down his chin for 4 years. But Trump ran on this exact platform. He has hours on podcasts and news interviews telling us he was going to do exactly this. And the country voted him in to do just that
For example, Social Security, Medicare and Food Stamps are not effected by the freeze, because these are all payments made directly from the government to the recipient. Meals on Wheels is effected by the freeze because they are an organization that receives funding from the government and then delivers the meals to those in need.
The lying Media
He did not stop money for those programs.
Oh yes he did. It wouldn’t be this popular if he didn’t. People who work for it would not come out and say he did if he didn’t.
There are a lot of elderly people who need this service, how much money does the government send to other countries, or spend on weapons. This is just not right.
Especially those in rural areas where "town" is 30 miles away
yeah but you gotta own the libs somehow
The government has also frozen almost all foreign aid. If we are ever going to dig ourselves out of 36.5 trillion dollars in debt, difficult decisions have to be made, and a full accounting of expenditures has to be done. No one said this would be easy.
he is not cutting meals on wheels
Im on those programs , they are fine
And you know this how?
Lie! Meals for Wheels will NOT be affected.
And you know this how?
Great move trump! You have more money than uou will ever spend in a lifetime and taking from those who need it!
What an irrational and silly post 😂
No one said this was going to be easy. It's necessary. What part of $36.5 TRILLION dollars of debt are we not understanding? Everything has to be looked at. All expenditures need to be evaluated. Decades of reckless spending must be reigned in, or this country will go bankrupt. If you're worried about programs like meals on wheels losing funding, maybe you should donate and volunteer within your community. Remember what JFK said: it's not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country.
He's not defunding those types of financial aid. He's stopping the BS funding of things that are not needed. Don't believe everything you see or read. Do your own research
Link please.
@@dougelerath7364childhood cancer research is still suspended. He has no link.
B.S. where have you been... under a rock!!!
Yeah, right… You can’t even think for yourself!!! You have to think through that big orange a..
Exactly they're not stopping the essential things but the uneeded funding
Yes except they directly stated that benefits that go directly to individuals won't be affected. Will you just lie about everything for the next 4 years? Don't you see where that got you? Why can't you simply report honestly?
it was pretty clear!!!
why did they vote for trump?
Because Kamala was worse. Believe it or not.
They're exaggerating. Trump isn't going to cut seniors from this awful lunch box delivery. Temp. freeze to do reviews. They are looking at every dollar going out the door. Biden had some 50 ML in condoms going to Gaza. 37 ML nearly went out to WHO, but got halted. Just ridiculous spending that Trump is not having. Everything is going to be shaken, sifted. Have to run a tighter, better ship. It's why we voted Trump in - he will see to it.
@@MagnusGalactusOG Yeah, Karmela would have been a disaster. Even left wing Democrats knew that.
If he got 21 UN countries to pony up and pay their fair share the first term, it amounted to 680 BL, then he can certainly cut waste around here. The UN was broke before he got that surplus in. I R S will also be revamped. No more will we be paying Fed income tax. And if things go as he sees it, we'll be paying no tax at all. Pre 1910 or 1913 citizens were never expected to pay income tax. Congress wrote in an amendment that made us have to. We've been paying ever since, 110 or 111 yrs. now. I R S will instead collect taxes/tariffs from foreign sources. Imagine that? The left leaders will never be able to come back from this. T is eliminating their sources of free pillaging our income tax monies at least. Any one of them could have done this, but never did they wish to. F them. They're done for. What a blessing. THIS CLEAN UP IS WHAT THEY FEARED. They did not want Trump fixing anything. They liked it just as they made it - a mess everywhere you look. They cooked their own goose. Bon Appetit.
@@roger2480 Under Mr Trump leadership
Housing interest rates 2.77%
Credit card delinquency -11%
Personal savings + 385%
Real weekly wages +8.2%
Under Harris leadership a 4-year destructive path of socialism results are
Housing interest rate 7.75%
Credit card delinquency +50%
Personal savings -73%
Real weekly wages -3.9%
Time to cut the pork...we are out of money!
Yes and trillions in debt 😂
Billionaire's need another tax break 👍 maga
They are drowning ☹️💔
Yes, the billionaires need another Trump tax break….
@@Starlightning767 don’t forget the big guy and his 10%
what a nice way to say make people struggling starve. mitigates this atrocity quite well
To stop all the waste and blind funding. Too many scammers ....
While hiring ppl like meals on wheels….
Yah like trump
I highly doubt a pause will disrupt their services. I'm sure they don't get paid weekly.
Baloney.
How much money is Josh paid?
Or is he so passionate about meals on wheels that he is volunteer.?
After the fiasco of FEMA, all government programs should be held accountable.
Imagine that. Anyone not rich is gonna be hating their vote real fast
No, we don't fall for this fear mongering. We voted him in to do exactly what he is doing. That's why he has the approval rating he does
This is a lie
Wow, really! Taking from those that need it the most
Can you really comment on something where nobody knows what the hell‘s going on.
Time to start paying your own bills.
Brendan Schaub used to work as a janitor and sell comic books out his moms closet when he was in school.
Try making sure your elderly relatives are fed. Why should I feed them?
wow many of those people don't have any living relatives !!!! you really are a monster
You don't. You contribute less than 50 cents a year to supplemental nutrition programs 😂
Geez, try to be human for a moment
The food looks disgusting. I sell nutritious fresh quality food to many senior customers. Might have to start my own non profit.
GO TRUMP!!!!! MAGA!!!!
Trump is a raving lunatic!
Reallly? How so?
TDS
They his white supporters really don't care because to them with the help of some dumb Latinos and some blacks this administration is geared to set minorities all the way back and to them America will be great again.
They said it’s a freeze. Most of these nonprofits spend money on administrative expenses. I’m sure they will continue funding but I won’t be surprised if they have more regulations
Donna Cook said $2500 is spent monthly for each citizen receiving meals. The CEO gets paid $600,000 per year, 3 times what we our President to run our country. They also say upto 90% of the funds come from federal government, in other words, from tax payers. I bet you a local restaurant could supply full meals to each person for under $1,000.
Why isn't anyone outraged about this?
No one is outraged by this because your "facts" are wrong. I can't speak for M.O.W. America, but as a whole meals are provided for much less than the number you are pulling out of your backside. MOW America does NOT provide all the home delivered meals in the country and are only a small subset of it.
meals on wheels food is horrible...do better please! my father got this and the swedish meatballs were like styrofoam, gross.
Why did you vote for biden ?
Why did I vote for Biden? - because he is honest and wouldn't do something like this!
@ you mean like give money to other countries to fight their wars ?
@@SarahWittman he wasn't even running the country, of course he wouldn't.
MOW recipients pay for their meals and they're delivered by volunteers.
So the volunteer part of it is non-profit?
I don't understand why they need government money. I mean, do they start nonprofit organizations for the government money?
i need you to understand that the word "nonprofit" means they do not profit from the organization. they do not generate money on their own because they help under-served populations so they largely require funding and donations. how is that difficult to understand?
@@bellsa12apparently YOU are the one that needs to learn what a non profit is. It doesn't mean they don't generate profit haha😂
THIS IS MIS-INFORMATION AND A TOTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PAUSE.
Meal on Wheels are just God awful. People would be better off with a hot bean and cheese burrito from Del Taco.
Ok Putin 💩😈💩
tell that to the people receiving the meals
Well, then don't order them.
Go away!!!
Does Del Taco deliver and check on people as part of the job?
So illegal immigrants over American senior citizens? So an illegal immigrant gets free food instead of an American senior citizen having food delivered to them?
they already said it WILL NOT affect non profit and essential funding so stop with this nonsense
I voted for you and you're doing a great job. All except you trying to take meals or wheels away from poor people. You're gonna try to take medicaid and medicare from people. That's not showing how much you care about the American people what you want us to starve
501 c hahaha