- Federal budget cuts threaten Utah’s afterschool and summer programs, impacting 30,000 kids.
- The 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, vital for these programs, faces cuts.
- Lawsuits challenge the funding freeze, citing constitutional and legal violations by the administration.
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Edward Lopez doesn’t need to consult his notes when asked about the consequences of federal funding being cut from South Salt Lake’s children’s summer and afters-chool programs.
“It will impact our community greatly,” he said immediately.
Working-class families are the norm in South Salt Lake — and local moms, dads and guardians are often working long hours to pay for rising housing costs, food and other daily expenses, added Lopez, the deputy director of Promise South Salt Lake — a city department that provides youth, family and community programming at no cost…