The Trump administration is considering helping the end of a program that will help low-income people warm and cool their homes.
A draft of the budget request document reviewed by Hill calls for the elimination of the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by providing no funding at all.
The federal budget is managed by Congress rather than by the presidential administration, and Liheap has historically had bipartisan support. Therefore, this document does not necessarily mean that the program is actually eliminated.
However, the Ministry of Health and Human Services has already fired all staff working in the LIHEAP office.
This document calls for the elimination of other programs, including Head Start, which offers free learning services such as kindergartens to young children. It also eliminates a variety of other programs related to community services, rural development, nutrition and disability services.
First reported issue document Washington Post And later obtained by the hill, known as the “passback,” comes from the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Notify the administration’s final budget proposal. But lawmakers will ultimately decide whether these programs are funded or not.
The document comes as the Trump administration attempts to restructure the federal government, including firing a large number of employees. The administration has directed the agency to put together a plan for restructuring.
Passbacks instruct the department to “consistently” with the funding and policy of the budget document and to organize the next stage of the plan.
Bloomberg Government First, we reported that this document is trying to reduce Liheap.
Previous passbacks, reviewed by the hills that control the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also called for significant reductions, including the elimination of the agency’s marine and atmospheric labs.
