Welfare Watch, an email newsletter of the
Georgia Association of Homes
and Services for Children
as a public service.
http://www.gahsc.org
Normer Adams, Editor
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Welfare Watch - August 10, 2010 - Your Phone Call Counts - Extension of FMAP
From Voices for Children:
Please call your Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives today
and ask him to vote in favor of critical funding to support child health and
education in Georgia!
Later today, the members of the House of Representatives will take a vote on HR
1586, a bill which extends for 6 months an increase in federal match dollars (FMAP)
that states receive to help fund the Medicaid program. The bill also includes
funding specifically to help protect education jobs within states.
Upon passage of the bill, Georgia stands to receive $228 million in federal
dollars to help at this time of particular need while we continue to struggle
within the current economic downturn. Without action, we brace ourselves for
further cuts that will impact access to health services for kids and that also
will further cripple our already fragile state budget.
Families in Georgia now are counting on leadership that will help to protect
what matters most to them. We ask for you to lend your voice and
call your U.S. House Member and ask him to vote in favor of funding for
education and for the extension of the enhanced FMAP.
While we ask that you call your Congressman and ask for a favorable vote today,
we also want to inform you that funding, in part, will be paid for by reductions
in certain benefits within the food stamps program. Prospective reductions in
benefits are not anticipated until 2014. So between now and then, Voices, with
your help, will continue to urge our leaders to restore funding to the food
stamp program, as the reality is that many of the families who rely on Medicaid
and PeachCare coverage for their children also rely on food stamps to help put
food on their table.
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Welfare Watch, an email newsletter of the
Georgia
Association of Homes
and Services for Children
as a public service.
http://www.gahsc.org
Normer Adams, Editor
___________________________________
The Georgia Conference on Children and Families
Legacy Lodge,