May 16 2013
Tell Ann Arbor City Council: Don’t Cut Human Services
On Monday, May 20, the Ann Arbor City Council will vote on its 2014 budget. After years of cuts, this budget finally shows some increases. But while the administrator’s proposed budget calls for increases to many areas, it calls for cuts for human service funding.
The proposed cuts by the City are small ($46,8998), they are in a context of incremental erosion of local human service funding and national-level attacks on our social safety net through sequestration:
- Local erosion of human service funding: Over the past ten years (2003-2013), overall city General Fund expenditures declined by about 1.25% while human services funding declined by 14.32% over the same period (source).
- Sequestration cuts to human services: According to a report by the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, ”Sequestration cuts will result in nearly $1,000,000 in reductions to support for unemployed residents, nutrition assistance, affordable housing and utility assistance, and support to youth and seniors this year.”
Please Email Mayor and Council to restore human service funding.
Additional Resources:
- Proposed Budget FY2014
- Letter from ICPJ Board President Ron Gregg to Council regarding funding for Permanent Supportive Housing
- Contact information for the Mayor and City Council
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