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Make Your Voice
HEARD
Contact
Your Elected Officials | Join the CDBG Coalition | Join the National Fight!
For more than 38
years, the CDBG Program has empowered Los Angeles County, our local
governments, and our partners to support our economy, strengthen public
infrastructure, create jobs, and improve the quality of life for millions of
low- and moderate-income residents. Yet we’ve seen a
serious
cut in CDBG funding over the past decade. Including the recent 16% cut for
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011
and 22% cut
for FFY 2012, Program funding in the Los Angeles
Urban County has been reduced by 46% over the past 10 years.
This has equated to about a $6 million loss from last year, and a
total loss of about $18 million to the Urban
County annually, when compared to Program funding in FFY 2002.
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Let’s not let any
more critically needed dollars be stripped from our community!
As Congress deliberates the FFY 2013 budget and beyond, join us in
making it known that our community depends on the CDBG Program, opposes
any further cuts, and that our elected officials should maintain funding
of the CDBG Program at no less than the FFY 2011 level of $3.3 billion
nationally.
On this page you
will find several ways you can join our community and make your voice
heard. Have
your organization or city join the Housing and Community Development Coalition
(HCDC),
join the national fight, send a letter on how the CDBG Program helps
you, or just make a phone call to our elected officials. Let’s let
Congress know that we need CDBG!
JOIN
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HCDC COALITION
Starting early in
2011, the County of Los Angeles and several CDBG entitlement communities
across the Southland began discussions on how best to show Congress the
importance of the CDBG Program in our communities. As you read this, our
coalition continues to grow, with over 60 partners County-wide. If your
city, county or community organization is interested in joining our efforts, please
contact Samantha Harrison at
Samantha.harrison@lacdc.org or
Elisa Vásquez
at Elisa.vasquez@lacdc.org.
Advocacy Materials
Los Angeles County
CDBG Advocacy Brochure
HCDC CDBG and HOME Funding Brochure
JOIN THE
NATIONAL FIGHT
Help us support our national partners as they go to the
Capital and continue to advocate for CDBG funding! CDBG supporters are
encouraged to visit the National Community Development Association (NCDA)
and National Association for County Community and Economic Development (NACCED)
websites to sign petitions and find other ways to join the national fight to
save CDBG funding.
SEND A Letter of Support
2011 Letters from the County of Los Angeles
Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors Letters of Support
Executive Director’s Letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of House T-HUD
Subcommittee
Executive Director’s Letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate T-HUD
Subcommittee
2011 Letters from Los Angeles County CDBG Participating
Cities
CDBG
Advocacy Letter – City of Bell Gardens
CDBG
Advocacy Letter – Culver City
CDBG
Advocacy Letter – City of Monrovia
CDBG
Advocacy Letter – City of Duarte
RELAY CDBG PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TESTIMONIALS
Los
Angeles County Library
Star Program
“Please do not close homework help. Lots of kids need help with their
homework and this is the right place to come. It's not their fault. Please
do whatever it takes to keep it running.”
-Tiphiny
Mission Community
Hospital
Diabetes Teaching Kitchen
“This class has
helped me to get new information that I was not aware of. It's been very
helpful because my results have been fabulous, and my A1C is lower.”
-Rafael
CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALs
Contact Your Elected
Officials
"Now more than ever it
is critical for NACCED members to get local elected officials to make the
case to Congress that CDBG funding must be preserved."
John
Murphy, Executive Director
National Association for County Community and Economic Development (NACCED)
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