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National Coalition for the Homeless

Calls to #RaiseTheWage & #LiftTheCaps

July 17th, 2019

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Starting July 18th at 9am Eastern Standard Time, NCH will be
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#RaiseTheWage

Did you know that this is the longest that the country has gone
without raising the Federal Minimum Wage -
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to find that an employee working 40 hours/week at $7.25/hour (the
current minimum wage) could not afford the rent on an average
apartment anywhere in the country.

This Thursday the House of Representatives will be voting on the
Raise the Wage Act -
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Click here -
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poverty!

A phone call just takes a few minutes! Please call your Congressional
Representative -
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Ask your Senator to Pass a Budget

Once again, the Trump Administration and Congress are headed towards
the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching
halt unless new funding levels and the federal government’s
authority to borrow are renewed. Since Congress will be leaving for
August recess in a few weeks, these vital funding conversations are
happening this week! Congress must act soon to agree on spending
levels and to raise the limits on federal borrowing (the “debt
ceiling”). And the time to speak out is NOW!

What we need: The Senate must agree to funding levels for next year
that match or raise the levels already passed by the House. This
includes funding for programs like education, housing, WIC and other
nutrition, child care, an accurate census, public health and safety,
and much more. The House levels protect and/or expand a wide range of
vital services.

What we don’t need: Another manufactured, unprecedented crisis. If
the federal government cannot borrow because it hits the debt
ceiling, federal payments will stop, hurting families and doing
gruesome damage to our economy. If new funding is not agreed to in
time, there will be another government shutdown. Congress and the
Trump Administration can avert these dual crises by acting this month
and doing the job we sent them to Washington to do. If they don’t
act now and let us slide closer to the brink, it is far more likely
that funding will be cut – that’s what Trump wants – as
Congress scrambles to avoid another shutdown and economic meltdown.

On Monday, July 22nd, please join in a National Call-in Day.

Call 1-888-668-8919 and tell your Senator:

“Before you leave for recess, please enact a 2-year budget deal to
match or raise House levels to fund services all American families
need like childcare, housing, and healthcare, and to prevent an
economic crisis by raising the debt ceiling."

If Congress does not agree to lift funding levels, there will be
automatic cuts next year (known as the sequester). Instead of
much-needed progress in funding child care, opioid treatment,
education, etc., there will be painful cuts, about 10 percent below
this year’s funding. Our families, children, seniors, and
communities of color will be the deepest hurt and most impacted.
Thankfully, the House has set spending levels high enough to make
some real progress; that’s why we’re asking the Senate and the
Trump Administration to agree to at least the House levels. Trump has
previously called for deep cuts; the Senate has not yet acted on
funding for next year. And we’re calling for a two-year budget deal
to prevent another crisis smack in the middle of the 2020 election
campaigns.

Many thanks for your efforts, and for our friends at the Coalition on
Human Needs and MomsRising for making the toll-free number available!

More on Disaster Relief

Last month, a disaster aid package was passed that provides $19.1
billion for disaster recovery for communities impacted by disasters
in 2017, 2018, and 2019. To address long-term rebuilding needs, the
bill provides $2.431 billion in Community Development Block
Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding, including $304 million to
help Puerto Rico meet FEMA match requirements.

Now, thanks to the advocacy of the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing
Recovery Coalition, the House Financial Services Committee voted this
week to advance H.R. 3702, the "Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of
2019 -
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introduced in the Senate.

The final bill includes many critical reforms to help ensure that the
federal government’s long-term disaster recovery program –
Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery grants
(CDBG-DR) – better serve the lowest-income survivors and their
communities. If enacted, the bill would help target CDBG-DR resources
to survivors with the greatest needs, ensure greater data
transparency and oversight, protect civil rights and fair housing,
and encourage mitigation and resiliency.

For more details on the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, check out
the DHRC’s factsheet -
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To help build on this success, we’re asking all DHRC members to
call their Representatives and urge them to sponsor H.R. 3702.

National Coalition for the Homeless
2201 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 462-4822
Email: [email protected]

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