Dear Safe and Drug Free Schools Supporter
On Friday, July 17th, the Full House Appropriations Committee voted to eliminate the State Grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) program. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee on Appropriations is tentatively scheduled to mark up its version of the bill that contains funding for this program on July 28th.
Please take five minutes TODAY! Phone the members of your congressional delegation (both senators and your representative) by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asking for your member’s office. (If you don’t know who the members of your congressional delegation are, you can find out by going to http://capwiz.com/cadca/home/ and entering your zip code.)
Senator Patty Murray (Ph: 202-224-2621; Fax: 202 224-0238
Senator Maria Cantwell (Ph: 202 224 3441; Fax: 202 228-0514
Representative, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (Ph: 202 225-2006; Fax: 202 225-3392
Email to elected officials must go through their websites:
Senator Patty Murray, http://www.murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Senator Maria Cantwell, http://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact/
Representative, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers , http://mcmorris.house.gov/?sectionid=82§iontree=4,82.
Please deliver the following message:
- I understand that the Full House Appropriations Committee voted to eliminate the State Grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools program
- The House Report says it would rather concentrate funding on targeted interventions, funded through the national programs portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools program
- This is a huge problem and a gigantic mistake because the national programs gives very large grants to a very limited number of local educational agencies who will not be able to sustain these grants when the grant period is over
- In addition, over 90% of school districts, including mine, DON’T receive money from the national programs and probably never will
- Therefore, if the State Grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools program is eliminated and there will be no prevention infrastructure in place in the vast majority of schools in the country, including ours, to provide K-12 students with messages and effective programming to counter emerging and embedded drug trends as well as bullying and violence prevention issues
- Please tell your boss that it is critical that the funding for the Safe and Drug Free Schools program be maintained and we need their support
*** This request was sent by Kelly LieupoDirector of Public PolicyCommunity Anti-Drug Coalitions of America625 Slaters Lane, Suite 300Alexandria, VA 22314klieupo@cadca.orgTelephone: (800) 542-2322 ext. 241Facsimile: (703) 706-0565
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Having grown-up in a small town not unlike Rockford, I know how change is slow to take effect and how quickly rumors spread.
We live a mere twenty minutes from a city that has nightlife, stores a plenty and the ever-present crime. A person can choose to contribute or remain inconspicuous.
The leaders (movers & shakers) have long been established.
Opportunities to volunteer and contribute are abundant in Spokane.
Here in Rockford (refering to the Rockford blog) we have the beginning of what could be a great resource.
Businesses as well as private citizens have the ability to give their input and help form the future of the town.
I urge all who stumble across this blog to pickup the challenge:
raise your voice and contribute or watch your town morph into an outsiders vision.
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