“President 
  Trump’s 
  FY18 
  budget 
  contains 
  significant 
  cuts 
  and 
  changes 
  to 
  several 
  
departments 
  that 
  are 
  simply 
  put 
  -­‐-­‐ 
  harmful. 
  
 
  
This 
  budget 
  hurts 
  working 
  families 
  and 
  makes 
  low-­‐income 
  families 
  and 
  elderly 
  
citizens, 
  most 
  vulnerable. 
  I 
  am 
  especially 
  troubled 
  by 
  the 
  proposed 
  cuts 
  to 
  
Community 
  Development 
  Block 
  Grants, 
  (CDBG) 
  which 
  are 
  vitally 
  important 
  to 
  urban 
  
and 
  rural 
  areas. 
  Kansas 
  City, 
  Independence, 
  Lee’s 
  Summit 
  and 
  Blue 
  Springs 
  are 
  four 
  
cities 
  entitled 
  to 
  CDBG 
  grants. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  cities, 
  in 
  the 
  5th 
  District 
  of 
  
Missouri, 
  compete 
  for 
  funding 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Missouri 
  allocation. 
  
 
  
The 
  President’s 
  budget 
  proposal; 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  $3 
  billion 
  Community 
  Development 
  Block 
  Grant 
  program. 
  In 
  2016, 
  
the 
  5th 
  District 
  of 
  Missouri 
  had 
  4 
  grantees 
  and 
  received 
  over 
  $8.5 
  million 
  and 
  in 
  
2015 
  received 
  $8.7 
  million. 
  In 
  Kansas 
  City, 
  the 
  city 
  used 
  over 
  $5 
  million 
  in 
  leverage 
  
to 
  obtain 
  other 
  funds 
  that 
  totaled 
  to 
  over 
  $111 
  million 
  worth 
  of 
  housing 
  
development 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  years, 
  2015-­‐2017. 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  HOME 
  Investment 
  Partnerships 
  Program, 
  which 
  the 
  Kansas 
  City 
  
area 
  has 
  received 
  2 
  grants 
  worth 
  over 
  $2 
  million 
  in 
  2016. 
  
 
  
• 
  Choice 
  Neighborhoods 
  program 
  (Eliminated) 
  – 
  Kansas 
  City 
  received 
  grants 
  
totaling 
  over 
  $30.25 
  million 
  
 
  
• 
  Self-­‐help 
  Homeownership 
  Opportunity 
  Program 
  (Eliminated) 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  $35 
  million 
  of 
  funding 
  for 
  Section 
  4 
  Community 
  Development 
  and 
  
Affordable 
  Housing 
  
 
  
• 
  Cuts 
  Women, 
  Infants 
  and 
  Children 
  (WIC) 
  nutrition 
  assistance 
  from 
  $6.4 
  billion 
  to 
  
$6.2 
  billion. 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  $500 
  million 
  Water 
  and 
  Wastewater 
  loan 
  and 
  grant 
  program. 
  The 
  
current 
  Water 
  and 
  Wastewater 
  loan 
  and 
  grant 
  program 
  struggles 
  to 
  help 
  many 
  rural 
  
communities 
  update 
  their 
  facilities 
  and 
  keep 
  their 
  water 
  bills 
  from 
  going 
  up 
  
outrageously. 
  This 
  program 
  needs 
  to 
  be 
  bolstered…not 
  cut. 
  
 
  
• 
  Unspecified 
  staff 
  reductions 
  at 
  USDA 
  service 
  center 
  agencies 
  around 
  the 
  country 
  – 
  
which 
  would 
  almost 
  certainly 
  close 
  many 
  county 
  USDA 
  offices 
  meaning 
  local 
  jobs 
  
lost 
  and 
  a 
  distancing 
  of 
  the 
  federal 
  government 
  from 
  the 
  population. 
  
 
  
• 
  Cuts 
  $95 
  million 
  from 
  the 
  Rural 
  Business 
  and 
  Cooperative 
  Service 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  Low 
  Income 
  Home 
  Energy 
  Assistance 
  Program 
  (LIHEAP). 
  Missouri 
  
received 
  over 
  $73 
  million 
  in 
  2016 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  in 
  2017 
  has 
  received 
  $65.3 
  million 
  to 
  
help 
  low-­‐income 
  families, 
  individuals 
  with 
  disabilities, 
  and 
  the 
  elderly 
  living 
  on 
  fixed 
  

 incomes 
  afford 
  to 
  heat 
  and 
  power 
  their 
  homes. 
  Veterans 
  also 
  make 
  up 
  nearly 
  20 
  
percent 
  of 
  all 
  LIHEAP 
  recipients. 
  During 
  the 
  hottest 
  and 
  coldest 
  months, 
  energy 
  bills 
  
can 
  cost 
  up 
  to 
  30 
  percent 
  of 
  a 
  low-­‐income 
  person’s 
  monthly 
  income. 
  The 
  program 
  is 
  
continually 
  oversubscribed, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  1.3 
  million 
  additional 
  households 
  
across 
  the 
  country 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  received 
  funding 
  who 
  are 
  eligible 
  for 
  the 
  program. 
  
LIHEAP 
  is 
  an 
  effective 
  partnership 
  between 
  the 
  federal 
  government, 
  states, 
  and 
  the 
  
private 
  sector, 
  and 
  Congressman 
  Cleaver 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  leader 
  in 
  supporting 
  the 
  
program 
  and 
  pushing 
  for 
  greater 
  funding 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  several 
  years. 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  Community 
  Services 
  Block 
  Grant 
  (CSBG), 
  cutting 
  out 
  $4.2 
  billion 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  Economic 
  Development 
  Administration, 
  (EDA) 
  $221 
  million 
  
 
  
• 
  Eliminates 
  the 
  Minority 
  Business 
  Development 
  Agency 
  (MBDA) 
  $32 
  million 
  
 
  
• 
  Legal 
  Services 
  Corporation 
  (Legal 
  Aid) 
  $366 
  Million 
  (legal 
  services 
  to 
  the 
  nation's 
  
poor) 
  
 
  
• 
  Corporation 
  for 
  National 
  and 
  Community 
  Service 
  AmeriCorps 
  ($771 
  million) 
  
 
  
• 
  TIGER 
  Grants 
  Eliminated 
  – 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  highly 
  competitive 
  program 
  that 
  is 
  
oversubscribed 
  every 
  year 
  by 
  both 
  rural 
  and 
  urban 
  communities. 
  Last 
  year 
  the 
  
program 
  received 
  585 
  applications 
  from 
  around 
  the 
  country. 
  In 
  2010, 
  Kansas 
  City 
  
received 
  $50 
  million 
  for 
  new 
  bus 
  stops, 
  sidewalks 
  and 
  other 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  metro 
  area 
  
– 
  including 
  the 
  Troost 
  Bridge 
  -­‐ 
  and 
  created 
  2,455 
  jobs 
  throughout 
  the 
  region 
  and 
  
transportation 
  benefits 
  totaling 
  $710 
  million. 
  In 
  2013, 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  KC 
  received 
  a 
  $20 
  
million 
  TIGER 
  grant 
  for 
  the 
  planning 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  downtown 
  streetcar. 
  
 
  
• 
  President 
  Trump’s 
  proposal 
  to 
  cut 
  education 
  by 
  $9 
  billion 
  is 
  extreme. 
  Public 
  
schools 
  will 
  see 
  a 
  loss 
  in 
  qualified 
  teachers 
  and 
  training. 
  Students 
  struggling 
  for 
  
affordable 
  college 
  will 
  see 
  a 
  $4 
  billion 
  cut 
  to 
  Pell 
  grants. 
  
 
  
It 
  is 
  my 
  hope 
  that 
  this 
  budget 
  be 
  rejected 
  by 
  Members 
  of 
  Congress.”