President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill means there will be a funding freeze for places like Salt Lake’s Guadalupe Center, where officials say they are at risk of potentially losing more than $1,000,000 in federal funding.
That could have an impact on pre-school, after-school, and adult education classes. Those potential losses have staff and parents of students concerned. “It is frustrating and it’s disappointing,” exclaimed Richard Pater the Executive Director of the Guadalupe Center. “The families we serve are part of the community that can least handle the changes that are happening.”
Wendy Juarez, who owns and operates a small catering company and has her second child at the school, says the safe, inclusive learning environment means everything to her and the other parents. “So Guadalupe school is like a family to us,” Juarez explained…