DOGE slashes Shreveport Green and AmeriCorps funding
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '4.799', 'text': 'Doge cuts have been affecting many all'}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'over the country, including nonprofits'}, {'start': '4.799', 'end': '10.000', 'text': "here in Shreport. Fox 33's Anthony"}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '12.840', 'text': 'Mocklin has a story on Doge cuts to the'}, {'start': '10.000', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'national service program'}, {'start': '12.840', 'end': '16.880', 'text': 'Americaore. The Department of Government'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '18.720', 'text': 'Efficiency is cutting nearly $400'}, {'start': '16.880', 'end': '20.800', 'text': 'million in federal funding to'}, {'start': '18.720', 'end': '22.880', 'text': 'Americanore, a national service program'}, {'start': '20.800', 'end': '24.720', 'text': 'that supports nonprofit organizations in'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '27.199', 'text': 'local communities. The director of'}, {'start': '24.720', 'end': '29.599', 'text': 'nonprofit administration at LSUS says'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '32.480', 'text': 'that over 46,000 people will lose food'}, {'start': '29.599', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'assistance, 665 young people will lose'}, {'start': '32.480', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'after school assistance and 1,800'}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '40.079', 'text': 'veterans will lose mentors. So this has'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '43.040', 'text': 'direct impact on you know we already'}, {'start': '40.079', 'end': '45.440', 'text': 'have a high rate of poverty. Um people'}, {'start': '43.040', 'end': '47.920', 'text': 'are then not going to be able to receive'}, {'start': '45.440', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'these essential services. More than'}, {'start': '47.920', 'end': '52.000', 'text': '1,000 programs across the country'}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'including Shreve will be affected. The'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'lack of support to these programs will'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'also be extended to community members,'}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'especially the most vulnerable. National'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '63.039', 'text': "service is a nonpartisan issue. It's a"}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '65.040', 'text': "people issue. It's about helping our"}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '66.880', 'text': 'neighbors. The director of Shreport'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '68.560', 'text': 'Green says that with the way it manages'}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '70.479', 'text': 'funding, they are able to have major'}, {'start': '68.560', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'impacts across the state and our city'}, {'start': '70.479', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'that will no longer be able to happen in'}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '79.520', 'text': 'the same way. Many of these federal'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '81.920', 'text': 'dollars that are said to be saved are'}, {'start': '79.520', 'end': '85.080', 'text': 'completely wasted because when you'}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'interrupt a program halfway through the'}, {'start': '85.080', 'end': '90.400', 'text': "plan and there's no followup on it, you"}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '92.079', 'text': 'may as well have never started it. Joan'}, {'start': '90.400', 'end': '93.600', 'text': 'says working with nonprofits is not'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '95.680', 'text': 'about the money, but making a difference'}, {'start': '93.600', 'end': '97.680', 'text': 'in the community. These cuts have only'}, {'start': '95.680', 'end': '99.680', 'text': 'reinvigorated her passion to answer the'}, {'start': '97.680', 'end': '101.680', 'text': 'call for all areas that need help. I'}, {'start': '99.680', 'end': '104.159', 'text': 'would encourage everybody to reach out'}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '106.720', 'text': 'to your local nonprofits and see where'}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '110.159', 'text': 'you can fit in as a community because'}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '113.439', 'text': 'right now community is the only thing'}, {'start': '110.159', 'end': '116.240', 'text': 'that we have to work against this'}, {'start': '113.439', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'destructive harmful interruption.'}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy expressed'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '122.079', 'text': 'his objection to the cuts in a social'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '123.680', 'text': 'media post. He says he will continue'}, {'start': '122.079', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'working with the Trump administration to'}, {'start': '123.680', 'end': '126.880', 'text': 'improve efficiency while keeping'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'programs that provide value to the'}, {'start': '126.880', 'end': '130.800', 'text': 'state. All of these programs in some way'}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '133.520', 'text': 'or another has touched Shripport'}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'residents. So I urge you to find those'}, {'start': '133.520', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'little things that you have experienced'}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '140.800', 'text': 'directly and tell our Congress people'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '143.520', 'text': 'that this is not okay, that this is not'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '145.920', 'text': 'what we want and our tax dollars do go'}, {'start': '143.520', 'end': '147.400', 'text': 'to serving our communities with this'}, {'start': '145.920', 'end': '149.840', 'text': 'particular'}, {'start': '147.400', 'end': '151.840', 'text': 'program. And that was Anthony Mocklin'}, {'start': '149.840', 'end': '153.599', 'text': 'reporting. You can read more about Doge'}, {'start': '151.840', 'end': '157.160', 'text': "cuts and treeort through Anony's"}, {'start': '153.599', 'end': '157.160', 'text': 'articles on ktlnews.com.'}]