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LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
OF NORTH CAROLINA
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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The House Appropriations Committee approved its budget bill on Tuesday, June 3, and unfortunately for prevention programs, the news is not good! The important prevention items were not included in the House's budget bill (HB 2436). Please contact individual members and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and ask them to reverse their decisions and fund prevention programs. Contact information for Speaker Hackney, the chairpersons of the overall House Appropriations Committee and the members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services is listed at the bottom of this message.
The House's budget does not include the $250,000 requested for pregnancy prevention programs. It does not include the $375,000 for school-based/school-linked health centers. But to add to these disappointments, the House's budget makes all the current state funding for adolescent pregnancy prevention non-recurring or one-time money. At a time when the programs are struggling to stay alive financially, such action may mean the demise of many programs as staff may leave because of the uncertainly of the funding!
IMPACT OF HOUSE'S BUDGET
- Prevention programs in NEW HANOVER, ANSON, and PERSON -- programs that are up for renewal of grant funds -- will be cut. In addition, other programs that have been approved for funding will not be funded.
- School-based/school-linked health centers will not receive a cost of operations increase in order to sustain the centers.
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.
- Ask legislators to reconsider their decision to make the base state funding for pregnancy prevention programs non-recurring or one-time funding.
Contact the members of the House of Representatives and especially members who represent you. Your contacts are urgently needed. Start contacting members now and continue your contacts throughout the week. Also contact the Speaker, co-chairpersons of the overall House Appropriations Committee, and co-chairpersons and members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services immediately. Your contacts are urgently needed in order to reverse these funding decisions.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker Joe Hackney (D)
Room 2304, Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
O: (919) 733-3451 (Orange, Chatham, Moore)
E-mail: Joeh@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
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
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Compiled by Patricia Yancey
Director of Public Education
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina |
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