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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Sutton Leads Successful Effort to Increase Support for Emergency Food and Shelter Program

Jun 12, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C - Yesterday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security marked up the FY09 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which will increase funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program from $153 million in Fiscal Year 2008 to $200 million in Fiscal Year 2009. The move comes after Congresswoman Betty Sutton (D-OH) led 30 other Members of Congress in sending a letter to Subcommittee Chairman David E. Price (D-NC) and Ranking Member Harold Rogers (R-KY), urging them to increase support for the program.


"With skyrocketing food prices, a housing crisis with no end in sight, and the cost of fuel increasing by the day, it is no secret that our nation's families are struggling," said Congresswoman Sutton. "For many hardworking Americans, food pantries, emergency shelters and relief organizations are a critical safety net, allowing them to provide for their families during hard times."

Congress created the EFS Program in 1983 to administer Federal funds to local non-profits and public organizations to help people facing economic hardship. Since its inception, the EFS Program has disbursed over $3.1 billion to help provide emergency food aid and shelter to families at risk of homelessness and hunger. In today's difficult economic climate, this program is proving increasingly important.


EFS Program funds are allocated to local nonprofit and public organizations to provide:

·Food, in the form of served meals or groceries.

·Lodging in a mass shelter or hotel.

·One month's rent or mortgage payment.

·One month's utility bill.

·Minimal repairs to allow a mass feeding or sheltering facility to function during the program year.

·Equipment necessary to feed or shelter people, up to $300 per item.