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| 3426820 | 7d7a9bb3-78ef-4769-9ef2-7a8bdd5027c2 | Q3 | NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD | 77993 | CONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICA | 2025 | third_quarter | BUD | RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER FUNDING: The administration provided recommendations on discretionary funding levels for fiscal year (FY) 2026. Included in these recommendations was a proposal to combine several housing rental assistance programs into a State Rental Assistance Program block grant and significantly reduce the total amount allocated to this new block grant. NAC joined other organizations committed to ensuring that low-income families live in affordable, accessible, and decent quality housing to strongly recommend that the subcommittee reject both the structural recommendations, including block granting, to these housing programs and the proposed reductions in funding. If the Presidents Budget were to be implemented, it would include additional structural recommendations and cuts to assistance that would be detrimental to a functioning housing system. Letter to House and Senate Approps (Transportation, HUD) FUNDING FOR LABOR- HEALTH AND HUMANS SERVICES - EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS: The sign-on letter is to lead appropriators in Congress seeking an adequate share of funding for Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations in FY 2026` The Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee covers funding for health care, research, and public health protections, substance use and mental health disorder prevention and treatment, job training, protections for workers, child care, Head Start, and other childrens services, assistance for seniors and people with disabilities, education from pre-k through college, help for immigrants, heating and cooling assistance, anti-poverty programs, and much more. Many of these programs have lost ground for years; the letter gives examples and calls for funding adequate to meet todays needs. HEALTHY START PROGRAM FUNDING: The letter to Congress supports funding the Healthy Start program at $145 million in Fiscal Year 2026. For more than three decades, Healthy Start has served as a lifeline for thousands of families, particularly in maternity care deserts, where access to prenatal and maternal care is severely limited or nonexistent. Established in 1991 with strong bipartisan support, Healthy Start is a critical tool in our nations fight against infant mortality and in improving maternal health. Healthy Start funding has been threatened over the last several appropriations cycles, but has continued to be successfully funded with bipartisan support. It is imperative to keep this program strong so that its 115 federally funded sites across the country can continue to offer a comprehensive array of services tailored to community needs and cultural values, including: Clinical care and case management Support from community-based doulas and health workers Health education, mental health screening and support Food and housing assistance Fatherhood initiatives Referrals for additional medical and social services HOUSING SHORTAGE AND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS: Letter urges Congress to oppose any cuts to HUD, and to increase funding for affordable housing and homeless programs, expand investments for public housing, housing vouchers and a national Whole and Healthy Home Repair program. These essential resources for our families and communities can be effectively funded by ensuring that private equity and corporate landlords pay their fair share. FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SUPPORTING VOTING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: The letter opposes the elimination of funding for programs supporting voting access for people with disabilities. The Presidents FY26 budget proposal would eliminate all funding for the Protection and Advocacy for Voting Accessibility (PAVA) program. Eliminating this funding would directly impact over 40 million eligible voters with disabilities and would severely reduce the ability of states and localities to address barriers in the voting process. LABOR, HHS & EDUCATION FUNDING BILL RE: OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND ADDICTION SERVICES: Letter requesting Congress to protect and provide robust funding for overdose prevention and addiction services under SAMHSA and the CDC in the FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Continued investment in overdose prevention and addiction services is essential to sustaining recent progress in reducing fatal overdoses, especially as our country continues to lose far too many lives to this crisis. Given that Medicaid is the largest payer for substance use disorder treatment nationwide-and in light of Congress recently authorizing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid-other funding sources for overdose prevention and addiction services are more critical than ever. LABOR-HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS: The letter seeks an adequate share of funding for Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations in FY 2026. The Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee covers funding for health care, research, and public health protections, substance use and mental health disorder prevention and treatment, job training, protections for workers, child care, and other childrens services, assistance for seniors and people with disabilities, education from pre-k through college, help for immigrants, heating and cooling assistance, anti-poverty programs, and much more. Many of these programs have lost ground for years; the letter gives examples and calls for funding adequate to meet todays needs. INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN FISCAL YEART 2025: The foundation of lifelong mental health is laid in the first years of life. The mental health of babies and their caregivers is also tied together-when parents do better, babies do better, and vice versa. Federal investment in maternal and infant and early childhood mental health is essential for family well-being and to prevent the need for more intensive - and often costlier - interventions later in life. Yet the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 proposes the elimination of three small but mighty mental health initiatives: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Grants Project Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children's Health (LAUNCH) Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW) Program (overview of program from the National Assoc. of State and Drug Agency Directors) This letter urges maintaining funding for these essential mental health initiatives in the FY26 appropriations bill. HOUSING FOR DV/SA SURVIVORS: Sign on letter addressing funding for housing for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. For context, the House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill cut funding for DV/SA housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development The Senate bill has these cuts, and this letter would reinforce the importance of the Senate standing firm in support of housing for victims/survivors. The letter urges Congress to prioritize essential, life-saving funding for the housing needs of domestic and sexual violence survivors in the FY 26 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill and reject any proposals to cut this critical funding. NAC H.R. 1 PUBLIC STATEMENT issued in July on our disappointment and concern on the passage of H.R. 1, the Big Beautiful Bill, and its impact on those most vulnerable in the U.S. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC): As Congress returns to Washington after Labor Day to hash out funding for fiscal year 2026, NAC joined with advocates to ensure that WIC is fully funded without any benefit cuts. The letter urges Congress to continue their 30-year bipartisan commitment to provide full funding to ensure that WIC can serve all eligible families. The recent Senate-passed Agriculture Appropriations bill continues that commitment and the House must now follow suit. PARTISAN RESCISSION IN 2026 SPENDING BILL: The letter petitions Senator Schumer and Senate leaders to block the use of partisan rescissions in the fiscal year 2026 spending bill. These rescissions threaten our communities access to public education, basic healthcare, clean water, safe food, fair housing and more. WAITING LISTS FOR SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS: Letter to Congress requesting $1.3 billion in FY26 funding to begin to address mounting wait lists for Meals on Wheels and Congregate meal services. This request matches bipartisan requests in Congress, after cuts in Fiscal Year 2024 funding to the OAA Nutrition Program-the first in over a decade- were followed by flat funding in FY25. Federal funding has not kept pace with growing need and rising costs as nearly 12,000 Americans turn 60 each day, the fastest rate in a century. Recent surveys of Meals on Wheels programs indicating 35% of programs currently have a wait list and many others intend to start one, with an average wait of four months and up to two years. Without a significant increase to current funding for FY 2026, millions of older adults will be left without the meals and companionship they urgently need. Act Today to Protect Healthcare for Over 22 million people: Advocacy network was invited to urge Congress to urge inclusion of the extension of the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits in the FY26 budget. These EPTCs are critical to keeping healthcare affordable; up to 4 million are at risk of losing coverage entirely. | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE | 20000 | 0 | 0 | 2025-10-01T18:07:02-04:00 |