Greater Nashua
Hassan and Goodlander meet with nonprofits as federal spending freeze looms
U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) recently met with local nonprofit organizations to gauge how those organizations would be affected by a federal spending freeze. On Feb. 3, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan extended her order to delay the spending freeze, which was originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 28. However, President Donald Trump’s administration maintains that a revised spending freeze is in the works. During his Feb. 3 meeting with Hassan, Henry Och, president and CEO of Harbor Care, said there are three major programs that his organization offers: housing, healthcare and veteran services. Harbor Care’s housing program has 1,000 homes throughout New Hampshire and was recently selected for a series of federal grants totalling $2.6 million. Regarding the healthcare program, Och said Harbor Care’s healthcare centers ...
