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Support Funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) in FY2020
Access to housing, free from discrimination, for all Americans is a fundamental principle of a just society. Robust enforcement capabilities and local fair housing education efforts are more critical than ever at a time when our
communities face increased discrimination in all aspects of public life. That is why we invite you to join us in requesting that the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Transportation-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee) support
$52 million in funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and $35.2 million for the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) for Fiscal Year 2020.
Support Robust Funding for Maternal and Child Health, Gavi, and Nutrition in Global Health in FY2020
Please join us in sending a letter to the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee calling for robust funding for the global Maternal and Child Health Account, including Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Nutrition Account in Global Health
in fiscal year 2020. Text of the letter is below.
SUPPORT DECREASING THE DAILY DETENTION POPULATION IN FY2020
We write for your support in sending a letter to the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations urging a decrease in the average daily detention population maintained by ICE and increase in funding for alternatives to detention.
Current funding supports 42,774 detention beds for adults and 2,500 detention beds for children. This is an average daily detention population of 45,275 beds.
Support Expansion of Apprenticeships through Industry Partnerships
Please join us in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in support of report language emphasizing the importance of local, industry partnerships between workforce, education,
labor, and human service providers to expand apprenticeships and work-based learning programs.
Support Funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
We invite you to join us in signing a bipartisan letter to the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, urging the Subcommittee to provide significant increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in fiscal
year 2020. Congress has just made the strongest endorsement of LWCF, based on its success and near-universal popularity across the country, by voting to make its authorization permanent in S.47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation
Act.
Support Funding for Workforce Programs
Please join us in requesting the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education provide substantial investments in federal workforce programs authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Fiscal Year
2020.
Support Funding for the U.S. African Development Foundation FY 2020
Please join our bipartisan letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOP) to the FY 2019 level funding for the United States African Development Foundation (USADF).
Support Family’s Engagement in a Student’s Education – FY20 Appropriations Request
Please join us in sending the attached letter to the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Subcommittee requesting no less than $15 million for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFECs) grant program for Fiscal Year 2020.
Support the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Training Demo Program
Please join us in requesting the funding necessary to start the Mental and Substance Use Disorder Workforce Training Demonstration Program in fiscal year 2020 L-HHS appropriations.