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LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
OF NORTH CAROLINA
Monday, June 2, 2008
URGENT LATE EDITION
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The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote on its budget bill Tuesday, June 3. There are some very important prevention items that were not included in the House's budget proposal. Please contact members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and the leadership of the overall Appropriations Committee and ask them to fund prevention programs. House members' contact information is listed at the bottom of this message.
* $250,000 in funding for pregnancy prevention/parenting programs was not included included in the House's budget proposal.
If the additional funds of $250,000 are not secured, then the programs that are up for renewal of grant funds like those in NEW HANOVER, ANSON, and PERSON counties cannot be funded - the programs will be cut. In addition, other programs that have been approved for funding will not be funded if this money is not secured. The $250,000 is needed to offset cuts in Medicaid funding.
The cut in Medicaid funds has occurred because Medicaid will cover only the medically related components of the adolescent parenting program such as those that help prevent subsequent pregnancies. Medicaid no longer covers other important components designed to keep young women in school, prevent them from dropping out, teach parenting skills and offer career development. Ideally, such components should be funded with education funds.
* $375,000 in funding for school-based/school-linked health centers was not included in the House's budget proposal.
The funding is needed to provide a cost of operations increase in order to sustain the centers that currently receive state funds.
Yes, the House's budget contains $250,000 in non-recurring funds for start-up grants for new school health centers, but that money will not help existing centers. Bringing on new centers without increasing the base funding for the centers will simply reduce funding for the existing centers once the new centers are on-line.
In addition, the House's budget proposal contains $2,700,000 Recurring & $2,300,000 Non-recurring for Aid to Safety Net Community Health Centers --- This money will be used to fund a competitive grants program, for which the school-based/school-linked health centers could compete, but these funds cannot be used solely for operational purposes and the school-health centers need operational funds.
Of the funds appropriated to Aid to Safety Net Community Health Centers, in 2007, the General Assembly designated $375,000 of those funds to school health centers, but the funding was one-time money. The centers need to get a permanent increase in the base funding.
YOUR MESSAGE -- REQUEST FUNDING FOR THE FOLLOWING:
· Ask legislators for at least $250,000 to save the Adolescent Parenting Programs. Yes, more money was requested and more money is needed, but for now, the goal is to save existing programs.
· Ask legislators for $375,000 in recurring funds to support the "bottom line" of existing school-based and school-linked centers.
Start contacting members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services immediately, and continue your contacts throughout the week. Also contact the co-chairpersons of the overall House Appropriations Committee.
MEMBERS OF HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Rep. Beverly Earle (D) (Co-chairperson)
Room 634, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-2530
O: (704) 333-7180 (Mecklenburg)
E-mail: Beverleye@ncleg.net
Rep. Bob England (D) (Co-Chairperson)
Room 2219, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-5749
O: (828) 245-7626 (Cleveland & Rutherford)
E-mail: Bobe@ncleg.net
Rep. Verla Insko (D) (Co-Chairperson)
Room 307 B1, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 733-7208
H: (919) 929-6115 (Orange)
E-mail: Verlai@ncleg.net
Rep. Jeff Barnhart (R) (Vice-chairman)
Room 608, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-2009
O: (704-786-2012 (Cabarrus)
E-mail: Jeffba@ncleg.net
Rep. Debbie A. Clary (R) (Vice-chairman)
Room 303, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-2002
O: (704) 480-1407 (Cleveland, Gaston)
E-mail: Debbiec@ncleg.net
Rep. Linda Coleman (D) (Vice-Chairperson)
Room 301 N, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 733-5974
H: (919) 266-9037 (Wake)
E-mail: Lindac@ncleg.net
Rep. William Brisson (D)
Room 1325, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-5772
O: (910) 862-7007 (Bladen & Cumberland)
E-mail: Williambr@ncleg.net
Rep. Wil Neumann (R)
Room 510, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 733-5868
O: (704) 825-4077 (Gaston)
E-mail: Wiln@ncleg.net
Rep. Charles Thomas (R)
Room 418C, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-3012
O: (828) 681-5516 (Buncombe)
E-mail: Charlest@ncleg.net
CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE OVERALL HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Rep. Alma Adams (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 304, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 733-5902
O: (336) 517-2312 (Guilford)
E-mail: Almaa@ncleg.net
Rep. Martha Alexander (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 2208, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-5807
O: (704) 558-4670 (Mecklenburg)
E-mail: Marthaa@ncleg.net
Rep. Jim Crawford (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 2301, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-5824
O: (252) 492-0185 (Granville & Vance)
E-mail: Jimcr@ncleg.net
Rep. Phil Haire (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 639, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-3005
O: (828) 586-1771 (Jackson, Haywood, Macon & Swain)
E-mail: Philliph@ncleg.net
Rep. Mickey Michaux (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 1227, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 715-2528
O: (919) 596-8181 (Durham)
E-mail: Mickeym@ncleg.net
Rep. Joe Tolson (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 305, Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
O: (919) 715-3026
O: (252) 827-2749 (Edgecombe & Wilson)
E-mail: Joet@ncleg.net
Rep. Doug Yongue (D) (Co-Chair)
Room 1303, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-5828
O: (910) 276-1727 (Hoke, Robeson & Scotland)
E-mail: Douglasy@ncleg.net
Compiled by Patricia Yancey
Director of Public Education
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina |
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