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House Letter to HHS Urging Release of FY 2018 Funds Signed by 95 Members of Congress

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Members of Congress submitted a letter today to Thomas Price, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calling for HHS to release fiscal year 2018 funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at the highest amount possible. The letter was signed by 95 Members of Congress including 15 republicans …

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NEADA Submits Written Testimony to House and Senate Appropriations Committees for FY 2017 Funding

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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 …

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FY17 President’s Budget Would Cut Core LIHEAP Funding by $390 Million But Add $560 Million in Contingency Funds and $1.4 Billion in a New Multi-agency Fund

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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 …

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NEADA Calls for $4.7 billion in Funding For FY 2016 and Advanced Funding for FY 2017

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In September, NEADA sent a letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies reiterating the organization’s support for funding at $4.7 billion and advanced release of funds to give programs the resources they need until the full-year appropriations bill is finalized. These letters follow …

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