Community action agencies face 50 percent cut in Obama budget

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A proposed 50 percent cut in funding for local community action agencies included in President Barack Obama's $3.7 trillion budget could leave local children, women and senior citizens, without public assistance.

Head Start, Section 8 housing, weatherization, utility assistance, job training, family planning and other programs administered by the East Missouri Action Agency and Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. in Southeast Missouri are at risk if the proposed cut in Community Services Block Grant funding is approved by Congress as part of the 2012 budget.

In fiscal year 2009, the East Missouri Action Agency served 1,200 families in Cape Girardeau County, including 1,339 children and 589 senior citizens, according to Bill Bunch, director of the East Missouri Action Agency in Park Hills, Mo.

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