Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h13K3XP26329; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:03:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:03:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <004b01c2cbbe$a9cd1610$2c881a0a@tpeyton> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Tony Peyton" <tpeyton@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1384] Even Start Funding Update X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1145 Lines: 25 Even Start Funding Update for Fiscal Year 2003 As I mentioned last week, Congress is working to finalize Fiscal Year 2003 appropriations before the current continuing resolution expires on this Friday (January 7). The House has recommended $250 million for Even Start and the Senate has recommended $200 million. Continue to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to accept and support the House position of $250 million for Even Start. Preview of Fiscal Year 2004 Today we learned that the President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget request for Even Start is $175 million. While Fiscal Year 2003 funding is not final (see above), we do know that $175 million for Fiscal Year 2004 would be a $75 million decrease from Fiscal Year 2002. For more detail visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2004/index.html . Over the next several months we will be encouraging the family literacy community to contact Members of Congress to urge them to support and maintain Even Start funding for Fiscal Year 2004. Advocacy from the field is the most powerful tool we can use to advance the cause of family literacy. Stay tuned for more details.
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