Trump's Federal Reorganization Plan Could Affect Major State and Local Government Programs

Route Fifty: The White House on Thursday unveiled a sweeping proposal to reorganize the structure of the federal government, consolidating programs and creating new agencies that could have large-scale effects on services rendered at the state and local levels.

The 132-page plan involves a host of federal agencies and programs, including some that pay for benefits for vulnerable and low-income populations. One noteworthy change would shift the $3 billion community development block grant program, or CDBG, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to a new Bureau of Economic Growth under the Department of Commerce.

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