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The South Dakota Humanities Council, a nonprofit that gives free books to students in the state, told KELO that all of its federal funding from the National Endowment For The Humanities had been cut. 

Per the report:

Executive director Christina Oey says there was little warning that funding for the organization was on the chopping block, and now the non-profit needs to make cuts of its own.

“The first one that to me personally is most concerning is our young readers book. Our Young Readers Program provides a free book to every single third grader in the state of South Dakota. And so with these cuts, we don’t know if that’s going to happen anymore,” Oey said.

Oey says it gets $950,000 from the federal government which is 73% of its operating budget. The rest comes from donations.