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Posted by Patrick Jendraszak
Washington Weekly is a publication of the Social Policy Department of Catholic Charities USA and is published regularly when Congress is in session.
On April 12, Appropriators unveiled details of the spending package that would fund the federal government for the remaining fiscal year 2011. As previously reported, the deal reached by President Obama and House and Senate leaders would make nearly $40 billion in cuts to discretionary programs. The measure would eliminate several programs including the Housing Counseling Program and proposes significant reductions in the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Community Development Block Grant, Corporation for National Service and several other programs.
As previously reported, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced an agreement on a spending deal to fund the government for the remaining FY2011. Subsequently, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution to prevent the government shutdown until details of the agreement were drafted.
The deal proposes a $17.8 billion cut to mandatory programs and a $20 billion reduction to domestic discretionary programs, with a $1.1 billion across-the-board cut in discretionary programs. The following are some detailed aspects of the proposal:
For a listing of addition programs, please click here http://www.cq.com/flatfiles/editorialFiles/temporaryItems/2011/41211Finalprogramcuts.pdf.
On April 12, Appropriators unveiled details of the spending package that would fund the federal government for the remaining fiscal year 2011. As previously reported, the deal reached by President Obama and House and Senate leaders would make nearly $40 billion in cuts to discretionary programs. The measure would eliminate several programs including the Housing Counseling Program and proposes significant reductions in the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Community Development Block Grant, Corporation for National Service and several other programs.
As previously reported, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced an agreement on a spending deal to fund the government for the remaining FY2011. Subsequently, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution to prevent the government shutdown until details of the agreement were drafted.
The deal proposes a $17.8 billion cut to mandatory programs and a $20 billion reduction to domestic discretionary programs, with a $1.1 billion across-the-board cut in discretionary programs. The following are some detailed aspects of the proposal:
- Child Care: Provides $2.2 billion for the Child Development Block Grant, an increase of $100 million from FY2010 enacted level;
- Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Funded at $176 million, nearly $5 million above FY2010 enacted levels;
- Community Development Block Grant: Funded at $3.3 billion, $650 million less than the FY2010 enacted level;
- Community Service Block Grant: Funded at $680 million, $20 million below FY2010 enacted level;
- Corporation for National Service: Funded at $1.08 billion, $72 million less than FY2010;
- Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Funded at $120 million, $80 million below the FY2010;
- Head Start: Funded at $$7.6 billion, a $340 million increase from the FY2010 enacted level;
- Homeless Assistance Grant: Funded at $1.9 billion in funding, a $40 million above FY2010 enacted levels. (This includes a set-aside for $225 million for Emergency Solutions Grant-a recently enacted bill to support homelessness prevention and rapid response housing activities);
- Homeless Veterans: Funded at $50 million for vouchers to house homeless veterans through the HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program;
- Housing for Elderly and Disabled: $400 billion for elderly housing and $150 million for housing for disabled;
- Hunger Free Community Grants: Eliminates funding for this program funded for the first time in FY2010 at $5million;
- Job Training:Provides $2.8 billion, $182 million below FY2010 enacted level for job training grants to states for Adults, Youth and Dislocated workers;
- Juvenile Justice programs: Funded at $148 million, $14 million below FY2010;
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Funded at $4.71 billion, $390 million below FY 2010 enacted level;
- Migration and Refugee Assistance: Funded at $1.69 billion, $5 million above FY2010 enacted level;
- Rental Assistance: Section 8 funded at $18.4 billion, $233 million above FY2010 enacted levels;
- Senior Employment Program: Funded at $450 million, $375 million below Fy2010 enacted levels;
- Senior Nutrition: Provides $847million, the same amount of funding enacted for FY2010;
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP): Level funded at FY2010 enacted level of $49.5 million. However, funding for TEFAP Infrastructure Grants Program is eliminated. This program was funded for the first time in FY2010 at $6 million; and
- Women, Infant, and Children (WIC): Funded at $6.748 billion, $504 million below the FY2010 enacted level.
For a listing of addition programs, please click here http://www.cq.com/flatfiles/editorialFiles/temporaryItems/2011/41211Finalprogramcuts.pdf.
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