BUTTE - A Butte-based nonprofit is warning that possible funding cuts to housing, energy and food assistance programs could harm more than 100,000 Montanans as Congress works to approve the next federal budget.

Action Inc., which serves six counties in Southwest Montana, says cuts to federal programs that support working families could leave many without basic necessities.

Watch: Housing, food and energy programs at risk in Montana amid budget cuts Nonprofit warns federal budget cuts could harm thousands of Montana families

“I don’t know how a lot of people would make it without this program,” said Stacey Sturna, a waitress who has spent 20 years in the service industry. “It has allowed me to work full-time, to be able to have shelter for myself and my wonderful dog.”

Sturna said he

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