First hour: How proposed federal budget cuts would impact after school programs
Second hour: Disability rights activist responds to proposed Senate health care bill
The Trump administration's proposed budget cuts have left many people concerned about the future of a number of programs, including after school programs and Meals on Wheels. A local group says political leaders need to better understand the value of these programs. We'll talk to them about the myths and realities, and about how the proposed cuts could affect people in our area. Our guests:
- Kelly Bauman, director of expanded learning at the Rochester City School District
- Stephanie Fitzgerald, school age youth program officer for United Way
- Chris Neitzey, policy director for the New York State Network for Youth Success
- Christina Christman, parent of a middle school student who attends an after school program in the Rochester City School District
- Margaret Schweizer, director of Meals on Wheels at UR Medicine Home Care
Then in our second hour, Stephanie Woodward was one of 20 Rochester-area disability rights activists arrested while protesting the Senate health care bill in Washington, D.C. last week. The group, called ADAPT, staged a “die-in” outside of Senator Mitch McConnell’s office. Woodward is the director of advocacy for the Center for Disability Rights. She says the bill’s proposed cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to people with disabilities, and without it, people who now live independently would be forced into nursing homes. Woodward joins us in studio to talk about her experience in Washington, and what she hopes to see with the health care bill.
