African Americans will be hurt by cuts to federal programs: Share of recipients of various federal programs who are African American
Black | |
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Job Corps | 52% |
Legal Services Corporations | 28% |
Community Development Block Grants | 26% |
Afterschool programs | 24% |
WIC | 20% |
Data are latest available as published in government program reports and range from 2008–2014. "Pell Grants" specifically denotes grants for four-year public institutions.
Source: U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, and Agriculture, as well as Legal Services Corporation, The Leadership Conference, and Afterschool Alliance