[NYAPRS Enews] Alert: Call Washington Today to Urge Restored Funding to National Consumer-Run Assistance Centers

[Harvey Rosenthal]

NYAPRS Note: The following is based on materials from Lauren Spiro,
Director of Public Policy for the National Coalition of Mental Health
Consumer/Survivor Organizations (www.ncmhcso.org) in Washington (ph:
978-590-2014, laurenspiro1 at gmail.com).

 

Call Washington Today to Urge Restored Funding to National Consumer-Run
Assistance Centers!

 

You may recall that the Bush Administration budget for this year
proposed to cut funding to national consumer-run and supporter national
technical assistance centers, including our good friends at the National
Empowerment Center, The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help
Clearinghouse and CONTAC who've done so much to advance our recovery,
rehabilitation and rights agenda across the nation for so many years.

 

This is a critical week in Congress, a time when proposed budget
legislation is being 'marked up', e.g. shaped for final action. 

 

According to Lauren, "This is THE TIME TO AMPLIFY YOUR VOICE. Please
call your representatives in Washington and let them know you want this
"report language request", below, in the "Labor H' / SAMHSA bill. The
focus is on the house side. If you have time also contact your senators
and BE HEARD." 

 

If you're from a state that has representation on either the House or
Senate Committee (on Labor, Health and Human Services), please call your
Congress member and Senator today at the numbers listed below and leave
the following message (it's a bit long but necessary):

 

"I'm a registered voter from your district who's calling to urge your
support for the conference agreement that restores $2 million to
continue the current level of funding of the CMHS mental health
consumer-run and consumer-supporter-run national technical assistance
centers and $2 million to continue consumer-run statewide networking
grants as proposed by the Senate."

 

Dan Fisher, Joseph Rogers and Lauren will be on the hill this week
advocating (and USPRA is also working to support these restorations) but
we need ALL of you to help too. We are competing with hundreds of other
groups.

 

See the attached lists for the House and Senate Labor HHS Subcommittees
with phone numbers.

 

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related
Agencies

 

MAJORITY

Wisconsin          Chair: Dave Obey (WI, D- 7th) 202-225-3365

New York           Nita M. Lowey (NY, D 18th)  202-225-6506

Connecticut        Rosa L. DeLauro (CT, D-3rd); 202-225-3661; 2262

Illinois               Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL, D 2nd) 202-225-0773

Rhode Island      Patrick J. Kennedy (RI) 202-225-4911

California           Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA) 202-225-1766

California           Barbara Lee (CA) 202-225-2661

New Mexico        Tom Udall (NM, D-3rd) 202-225-6190

California           Michael Honda (CA) 202-225-2631

Minnesota          Betty McCollum (MN) 202-225-6631

Ohio                  Tim Ryan (OH, D-17th) 202-225-5261

 

MINORITY

New York           Ranking Member: James T. Walsh (NY R 25th)
202-225-3701

Ohio                  Ralph Regula (OH, R 16th) 202-225-3876

Pennsylvania      John E. Peterson (PA) 202-225-5121

Florida               Dave Weldon (FL) 202-225-3671

Idaho                Michael K. Simpson (ID) 202-225-5531

Montana            Dennis R. Rehberg (MT, At large) 202-225-3211

California           Jerry Lewis (CA, R 41st), Ex Officio 202-225-5861

 

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Senate - Labor/HHS/Ed Subcommittee 

Iowa                 Chairman  Tom Harkin, D-Iowa 202-225-3254

Hawaii               Dan Inouye (Hi)  202-225-3934 

Pennsylvania      Arlen Specter (Pa) 202-225-4254

Wisconsin          Herb Kohl (Wisc) 202-225-5653

Missouri            Thad Cochran (Ms) 202-225-5054

Washington        Patty Murrary (Wash) 202-225-2621

New Hampshire   Judd Gregg (NH) 202-225-3324

Louisiana           Mary Landrieu (La) 202-225-5824

Idaho                Larry Craig (Id) 202-225-2752

Illinois               Dick Durbin (Ill)  202-225-2152

Alaska               Ted Stevens (Alas) 202-225-3004

Rhode Island      Jack Reed (RI) 202-225-4642

Alabama            Richard Shelby (Ala) 202-225-5744

New Jersey         Frank Lautenberg (NJ) 202-225-3224

Texas                Kay Bailey Hutchison (Tx) 202-225-5922

 

 

 

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