2025-01-28 17:10:45

Atlanta’s homelessness non-profits face ‘daunting’ future after federal grant pause

Local advocates dismayed after Trump orders pause on all federal grants while evaluating if programs meet new idealsJimiyu Evans woke up at 5am, on three hours sleep, full of dread, to see if he could still get into his federal funding account from the department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).No dice. His account was down “for maintenance” according to the website. Evans started calling around to other leaders of state agencies and local non-profits working on homelessness, mental health, substance abuse treatment and disability services, and the story was the same, he said. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/atlanta-homelessness-trump-federal-funding

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