Save Community Action! |  | | | Without CSBG funding, many of our programs - Affordable Childcare, Telephone Reassurance, Free Income Tax Filing, Housing Help and more - could be eliminated. |
SAVE CSBG - PRESERVE ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
The Obama Administration has proposed devastating cuts and changes to Community Action. Anti-poverty agencies nationwide, including Springfield Partners for Community Action, will be forced to cut programs or close the doors if these changes go through. Critical services for low-income families will be lost.
WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO DO?
The Obama Administration is set to propose a 50% cut to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the central source of funding for Community Action Agencies in the United States.
WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM?
CSBG is the ONLY federal program focused on comprehensive services to fight poverty. If it is eliminated, more than a thousand Community Action Agencies across the country will be forced to slash programs, or even to shut their doors.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
It is essential that President Obama and Congress hear from communities across America. We need to let our national leaders know that Community Action is important to us!
Please call or email the President and your representatives in Congress. (See below)
Tell them how Community Action has made a difference in your life.
And encourage others to do the same!
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please sign this online petition to save CSBG Community Action funding!
Please visit the Community Action WORKS! website for more information on this issue & how you can help: http://www.capworks.org
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Further Reading...
WGGB abc40 News: "Federal Cuts Impact Local Programs," August 1, 2011
http://www.wggb.com/story/15188180/federal-cuts-impact-local-programs
Boston Globe: "Bracing for the Squeeze," March 7, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/opinion/06lew.html
New York Times: Op-Ed by Jacob Lew, White House Office of Management & Budget, Feb. 6, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/opinion/06lew.html
Boston Globe: "Taking from the Neediest" by columnist Adrian Walker, Feb. 7, 2011
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/07/taking_from_the_neediest/
Grant Competition is about to Heat up: Blog Posting by Isaac Seliger, Feb. 6, 2011:
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"Don't Compromise the Future": Release from the National Association for State Community Services Programs, Jan. 26, 2011.
http://www.nascsp.org/CSBG-News.aspx?id=132
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