Op-ed: Trump budget would eliminate community service funding

Op-ed: Trump budget would eliminate community service funding

For nearly 60 years, Community Action Agencies across Massachusetts have worked to empower individuals and families — not just by meeting immediate needs, but by providing the tools, skills, and support needed to achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency.  Whether you’ve worked with or only heard of your local Community Action Agency, you should know that 23 agencies across the Commonwealth, including Community Teamwork, play a vital role…

Trump budget proposal may cut student services, learning communities

President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request was released May 2, 2025, and De Anza was indirectly cited as justification for reducing federal funding for institutions of higher education by a suggested $121 million dollars. Russel Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, stated in the preface to the budget proposal that it aims to cut funding to “niche non-governmental organizations and ins…