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
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 …
NEADA Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee on LIHEAP
NEADA’s Executive Director, Mark Wolfe, testified today before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on funding for LIHEAP in fiscal year 2016. He was one of 23 witnesses selected to testify from more than 140 individuals to make a request. The testimony addressed the following …