Proposed budget cuts may leave over half of Abilene's Meals on Wheels clients unfed

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ABILENE, Texas — Meals on Wheels recently received an email that U.S. Representative, Jodey Arrington, has proposed a budget cut that would deeply affect them.

"That would include cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and the social services block grant funds, which are Title 20 funds, with a possible elimination of title 20 funds," Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Abilene, Betty Bradley, said. "And the Meals on Wheels program in Abilene receives like $1.9 million of Title 20 funds."

Bradley said that those funds are used to serve lower income people who meet specific criteria and have a need for the service.

"We have over 1,800 clients in Abilene and the 14 communities that we serve," Bradley said. "And so for us to lose half of our funding, means, you know, I don’t know, it probably would mean more than half of our clients would no longer be able to get meals."

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