According to non-profit Save our Safety Net, Mayor Adrian Fenty is prepared to cut $35 million in funding that goes to safety net programs. The Mayor did not propose any tax increases, nor has incoming Mayor Vincent Gray, according to the Washington CityPaper.
With unemployment in some areas of the city at such a high level, extended unemployment benefits threatened, and numerous safety net programs looking at less funding, people in need will likely have to look elsewhere for support.
According to Save our Safety Net, the following programs are threatened with less funding:
Program Proposed Funding Cut
Adult Job Training, $6.3 million
Grandparent Caregivers Program, $2.7 million
Access to Justice, $1.7 million
Healthy Schools Act, $5.2 million
TANF $4.6 million
Child Care Subsidies $2.7 million
Local Rent Supplement $3 million
Interim Disability Assistance (IDA) $1.2 million
Energy Assistance $700,000
Mental Health Rehabilitative Service Rate $1.1 million
Office of Disability Rights $147,000
Local Residential Placement Services $2 million
Children and Youth Investment Trust $2.6 million
DSLBD Healthy Grocery Initiatives $300,000
Community Collaboratives $1.2 million
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Grants $427,000
Year Round Employment Training Program $1 million
Office of Victims Services $364,000
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