Selected Human Needs Programs: Shrinking Funding Since 2010

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1 March 9, 2015 Selected Human Needs Programs: Shrinking Funding Since 2010 In 2013, unable to agree on an alternative approach to reduce the deficit, Congress allowed cuts to most programs that require annual appropriations, including education, child care, public housing, environmental protection, and defense. Those cuts inflicted substantial harm: 57,000 children could not be enrolled in Head Start; 100,000 fewer low-income households could receive rental housing vouchers; hundreds of thousands of meals could not be distributed to homebound elders. Congress agreed to reduce some of these sequestration cuts in fiscal years 2014 and But this rebuilding could not change the picture for large numbers of human needs programs: funding for them in 2015 remained substantially lower than it had been in The attached table shows the extent of those cuts for more than 150 human needs programs of particular importance to low-income people. Taking inflation into account, only 14 of these programs had more funding than in 2010; all the rest were cut. About one-third of the programs (50) were cut by 15 percent or more. Thirty-nine programs were slashed by at least one-third. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, all domestic and international discretionary programs (non-defense discretionary programs) were cut 15 percent from FY 2010 through FY They estimate the likely loss through FY 2015 will be about 16 percent. As the attached table illustrates, that is an average important housing, job training, public health, home energy assistance, services for youth and elderly, and education programs have sustained cuts well beyond this average. If Congress allows the deeper sequestration cuts to resume in FY 2016, the damage will increase. For more information, please contact Deborah Weinstein, CHN s executive director, at dweinstein@chn.org; (202) x111, or Richelle Friedman, CHN s director of public policy, at rfriedman@chn.org; (202) x 114.

2 Selected Human Needs Programs: Shrinking Funding Since 2010 Federal Appropriations, - FY 2015 Coalition on Human Needs In millions of dollars 3/9/2015 FY 2013, (in JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Adult Training (WIA) % Adult Training (WIA) Recovery Act ( ) Youth Training (WIA) , % Youth Training (WIA) Recovery Act ( ) 1,188.0 Dislocated Worker Assistance 1, , , , % Dislocated Worker National Emergency Grants (National Reserve) % Dislocated Worker Assistance Recovery Act ( ) 1,436.0 Employment Service- National and States % Employment Service- National and States Recovery Act ( ) Community Service Employment for Older Americans % Community Service Employment for Older Americans Recovery Act ( ) Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers % Veterans Employment and Training % Native American Programs % Office of Disability Employment Policy % Reintegration of Ex-Offenders % Office of Job Corps 1, , , , , % Office of Job Corps Recovery Act ( ) YouthBuild % YouthBuild Recovery Act ( ) 50.0 Green Jobs Innovation Fund % Career Pathways Innovation Fund % Job Opportunities for Employment in High Growth Industries, Recovery Act ( ) (FYs funded through employer-paid H-1B fees) WANTO/Women in Apprenticeship % TAA Community College & Career Training Grant Fund (Mandatory) Workforce Innovation Fund Pilots, Demonstrations and Research % Evaluation % State Paid Leave fund

3 (in HEALTH Community Health Centers (NOTE: mandatory and discretionary CHC funding subject to 2% cut) 2, , , , , % Community Health Ctrs Affordable Care Act Mandatory funding 0.0 1, , , ,600.0 Community Health Ctrs Federal Tort Claims Act funding[ Free Clinics Medical Malpractice] % Community Health Centers Recovery Act ( ) 2,000.0 National Health Service Corps % National Health Service Corps Affordable Care Act Mandatory National Health Service Corps Recovery Act ( ) Maternal & Child Health Block Grant % Healthy Start % Children's Hospital Grad. Medical Education % Ryan White AIDS Program 2, , , , , % Minority HIV/AIDS Total NA HHS Office of the Secretary Minority HIV/AIDS Fund % Title X- Family Planning % Rural Health Programs % Nursing Workforce Development (Title VIII) % Nurse Education Recovery Act ( ) 42.0 Universal Newborn Hearing % Emergency Medical Services for Children % State Health Access Grants % MENTAL HEALTH Programs of Regional & National Significance % Mental Health Block Grant % Children's Mental Health % PATH Grants to States for the Homeless % Protection/Advocacy for Indiv. With Mental Illness % SUBSTANCE ABUSE Treatment Programs of Reg. & Nat'l Significance % Substance Abuse Treatment Block Grant 1, , , , , % Substance Abuse Prevention Programs of Reg. & Nat'l Sign % DISABILITIES Developmental Disabilities State Councils % Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy % Voting Access for People with Disabilities % Projects of National Significance %

4 (in University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities % CHILD WELFARE SERVICES Child Welfare Services % Child Welfare Training, Research or Demo Projects % CAPTA Child Protective Services State Grants % CAPTA Child Abuse Discretionary Grants % CAPTA Community Grants for Protection of Abuse & Neglect % Adoption Opportunities (starting in FY11 includes Children's Health Act funding) % Children's Health Act Adoption Programs % Adoption Incentive Grants % Teen Pregnancy Prevention Discretionary Grants % Social Service & Income Maintenance Research % Promoting Safe and Stable Families (discretionary funds) % Mentoring Children of Prisoners % Consolidated Runaway, Homeless Youth Program % Prevention Grants to Reduce Abuse of Runaway Youth % Chafee Independent Living Training Vouchers % Abandoned Infants Assistance % COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Services Block Grant % Community Services Block Grant Recovery Act ( ) 1,000.0 Strengthening Communities Fund - Recovery Act ( ) 48.0 Economic Development (in FY 10, Job Oppty's for Low-Income Indiv.) % Rural Community Facilities % Assets for Independence (IDA initiative) % Family Violence/Battered Women's Shelters (HHS) % Domestic Violence Hotline (HHS) % Violence Against Women Act Programs, Dept. of Justice % Violence Against Women Act Programs, Recovery Act ( ) Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)- formula grants 4, , , , , , % LIHEAP, Recovery Act ( ) 2,530.0 Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)- contingency % Low Income Energy Assistance -total 5, , , , , , % Weatherization Assistance Program % Weatherization Assistance Program - Recovery Act ( ) 4,748.0 Refugee and Entrant Assistance- total , , % Transitional and Medical Services % Victims of Trafficking %

5 (in Social Services % Preventive Health % Targeted Assistance % Unaccompanied Minors % Victims of Torture % Title XX (Social Services Block Grant) 1, , , , , % Corporation for National and Community Service, Total 1, , , , % JUVENILE JUSTICE (Total) % Title II State Formula Grants % Title V Local Delinquency Prevention % Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) % Mentoring Programs % Part E: Developing, Testing, Demos, Promising New Initiatives % Community Based Violence Prevention Initiatives % Evidence-Based Competitive Juvenile Justice Demo Grant Program Second Chance Act % Missing and Exploited Children % Victims of Human Trafficking % EARLY CHILDHOOD Head Start 7, , , , , % Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) 2, , , , , % Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG), Recovery Act ( ) 2,000.0 SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY Home and Community Based Supportive Services % Caregiver Services (includes Family and Native American caregivers) % Nutrition for the Elderly % Native American Nutrition and Supportive Services % Protection of Vulnerable Adults % Elder Rights Support Activities % Aging and Disability Resources % Lifespan Respite Care % EDUCATION Title I- College and Career Ready Students: Local K-12 Grants (formerly Education for the Disadvantaged) 14, , , , , , % Title I- Edu. For Disadvantaged: Recovery Act ( ) 10,000.0 Race to the Top

6 (in Even Start % Striving Readers % Effective Teaching and Learning: Science, Tech., Engineering, Math % Effective Teaching and Learning for a Well-Rounded Ed % State Grants for Improving Teacher Quality 2, , , , , % IDEA Part B Grants to States 11, , , , , , % IDEA Part B Grants to States, Recovery Act ( ) 11,300.0 IDEA Part C Grants to Infants and Families % IDEA Part C, Recovery Act ( ) IDEA, Preschool Grants % Safe Schools and Citizenship Education (replaces FY10 funding from Safe and Drug Free Schools) Total % Promise Neighborhoods % National Programs Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Carol. M. White Physical Education Program Education for Homeless Children and Youth % Investing in Innovation School Turn-Around Grants % 21st Century Community Learning Centers (after school) 1, , , , , % English Language Acquisition % Neglected and Delinquent Youth- state program % Migrant Student Education % Special Programs for Migrant Students (HS, college) % College Pathways and Accelerated Learning % High School Graduation Initiative % Rural Education % Indian Student Education % ADULT, VOCATIONAL, AND HIGHER EDUCATION Adult Education- State Grants % Career and Technical Education (CTE) 1, , , , , % Client Assistance State Grants % Training % Demonstration and Training Program % Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers % Supported Employment State Grants % Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) % Independent Living % Pell Grants, Discretionary (NOTE: All Pell Grant funding is exempt from automatic cuts) 17, , , , , , %

7 (in Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants % Federal Work Study , % Federal Work Study, Recovery Act ( ) TRIO Program % Race to the Top: College Affordability and Completion GEAR UP % Child Care Access Means Parents in School % Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education % Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities % NUTRITION WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition/Women, Infants and Children) 7, , , , , , % Commodity Supplemental Food Program (NOTE: CSFP is exempt from automatic cuts) % TEFAP: Emergency Food Programs, Administrative % Farmers' Market Nutrition Program % Congressional Hunger Center % HOUSING Total, Community Development Fund 4, , , , , , % Community Development Block Grant Formula Grants 3, , , , , , % Community Development Fund, Recovery Act ( ) 1,953.7 Choice Neighborhoods/HOPE VI % Homeless Assistance Grants 1, , , , , % Public Housing Capital Fund 2, , , , , % Public Housing Capital Fund, Recovery Act ( ) 3,870.9 Public Housing Operating Fund 4, , , , , % Housing Choice Vouchers (contract renewals) 16, , , , , % Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) % Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) % Notes: All programs listed as "Recovery Act" had temporary funding in FYs to help in the recovery from the Great Recession. These appropriations were not expected to continue. FYs 2010, 2014 and 2015 figures are from Congressional appropriations tables and documents; FY 2013 post-sequester figures are from OMB or agency budget documents. 1. Inflation from FYs is 10.6%; source: BLS, CPI-U. 2. State Paid Leave Fund proposed by the President at $5m; not agreed to by Congress. 3. Includes funding from HHS: Health Resources and Services Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Office of the Secretary