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NEADA submitted written testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related Agencies requesting $4.7 billion in LIHEAP funding for FY 2017. The President’s budget would cut LIHEAP to $3 billion, a 12% cut from the FY 2016 level of $3.39 billion. This would be a …
Members of Congress submitted a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies calling for no less than $4.7 billion in LIHEAP funding for fiscal year (FY) 2017. The letter, dated March 24, 2016, was signed by 161 Members of …
The Obama Administration released its fiscal year 2017 (FY17) budget on February 9, 2016. This budget would reduce core block grant funding for LIHEAP from $3.39 billion to $3 billion. This represents a cut of $390 million or about 12%. The budget did not provide a rationale for the cut. The budget would also allow …