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By Angie Crouch and Kate Guarino
March 16, 2017
For now, Nakashima said he’ll enjoy what he can. On the menu for his latest meal: pork, peas, sweet potato and good conversation with Clark, a fellow veteran.
"That’s my only contact with people outside of TV or newspaper or seeing the landlord," Nakashima said.
The 73-year-old Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient lives alone with his cat in Santa Monica and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He is one of 400 West Los Angeles residents who rely on Meals on Wheels as their main source of food. But the future of the program is uncertain.
President Donald Trump's proposed budget, released Wednesday, eliminates all federal funds — about three billion dollars — for the Community Development Block Grant Program. Government officials say the program has not demonstrated results. The elimination of the program is part of a 13 percent decrease in funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Hopefully, this program will be continued through budget negotiations, no vet or anyone for that matter should be denied this help. Why this was suggested to be cut is bizarre in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThey do great work and besides delivering food, a lot of times, these folks are the only visitors get. They are reminded that people do still care.
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