Musk’s DOGE Chaos Threatens Safety Net From Seniors to Lutherans

In 1912 parishioners from a few churches in Columbus, Ohio, pooled their money to start a charity to provide pro bono care for the poor. Over time, the organization, now called Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio, grew to employ about 700 and includes food pantries that served more than 2 million meals last year, a domestic violence shelter that cared for nearly 1,000 adults and children, shelters and free health care for 1,100 people who can’t afford a place to stay, and affordable housing for another 1,000 seniors and disabled people. This work is subsidized by local churches, the ...