Our nation’s social safety net may soon unravel before our eyes. As the CEO of MiSide, a Detroit-based nonprofit providing housing, early childhood education, employment support, and behavioral health services, I see potential threads being pulled with every congressional budget discussion.

If Medicaid reforms, rental assistance cuts, Head Start reductions, and other proposed funding eliminations currently under debate in Washington become reality, the fallout for vulnerable individuals and families across the country will be devastating.

Sean de Four is the CEO of MiSide, a Detroit nonprofit offering mental health, housing, employment, and early childhood solutions to approximately 25,000 people per year. (Courtesy photo)

Proposed changes to the Medicaid program alone, which currently

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