Final Push on State of Illinois Budget to Preserve Funding for Homeless Programs : Action Alert : May 2011 Housing Matters

Housing Matters :

Final Push on State Budget to Preserve Funding for Homeless Programs


The scheduled end of the General Assembly session is May 31—less than one week away. To prevent cuts to the Emergency and Transitional Housing Program and the Homeless Prevention Program, we need to you contact state legislators one more time.

Problem:
On May 13, the House passed their human services budget for FY 2012, which cuts these programs by 52% and 38%, respectively. On the same day, the Senate passed their human services budget, which provides flat funding for both.

Solution:
The Senate version included fewer cuts to human services overall than the House version, primarily because of the different revenue estimates for the General Revenue Fund used by the Senate and the House. It now appears that Senate leadership has agreed to the House revenue estimate.
That makes it even more important that we advocate for revenue increases that don't require raising taxes.
Action Needed:
Please contact Representative Sara Feigenholtz and Senator Heather Steans, the chairs of the human services appropriations committees in their respective chambers, asking them to preserve funding for Emergency and Transitional Housing and Homeless Prevention using revenue increases that don't raise taxes.

Deadline for responding: Please take action TODAY.
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Dear James,

The scheduled end of the General Assembly session is May 31—less than one week away. To prevent cuts to the Emergency and Transitional Housing Program and the Homeless Prevention Program, we need to you contact state legislators one more time.

Problem:
On May 13, the House passed their human services budget for FY 2012, which cuts these programs by 52% and 38%, respectively. On the same day, the Senate passed their human services budget, which provides flat funding for both.

Solution:
The Senate version included fewer cuts to human services overall than the House version, primarily because of the different revenue estimates for the General Revenue Fund used by the Senate and the House. It now appears that Senate leadership has agreed to the House revenue estimate.
That makes it even more important that we advocate for revenue increases that don't require raising taxes.
Action Needed:
Please contact Representative Sara Feigenholtz and Senator Heather Steans, the chairs of the human services appropriations committees in their respective chambers, asking them to preserve funding for Emergency and Transitional Housing and Homeless Prevention using revenue increases that don't raise taxes.

Deadline for responding: Please take action TODAY.

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