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Cataloguing the potential damage to inclusive community development in the Trump budget

After much speculation, President Trump’s Budget Blueprint for fiscal year 2018 has officially been released. The drastic cuts to community development programs and funding proposed by the plan, if enacted, could roll back decades of slow and steady progress on the ground in low-income and economically disenfranchised communities. This guide outlines where inclusive community development is under attack in the Administration’s budget proposal and what could be lost if President Trump’s budget were approved.

Publication date: 2017-03-22
Parent publication: Democracy Collaborative
Publication URL: http://democracycollaborative.org/content/cataloguing-potential-damage-inclusive-community-development-trump-budget

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