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Friday June 17, 2011
Final Legislative Push to Reverse Cuts in Education, Child Care!
Dear Friend of PCCY,
This is it: after three months of negotiations, State House and Senate leaders are working on a budget agreement that would cut millions of dollars from K-12 Education and Child Care, placing programs that serve hundreds of thousands of children at risk beginning July 1.
The Senate could propose a budget as early as Saturday and voting could be completed next week.
This may well be our last opportunity to reverse devastating cuts next year. Call or write to your Senator and Representative. Tell them to:
- Fully restore funds for child care and early childhood education;
- Increase funds for the Accountability Block Grant and Basic Education; and
- Use all available resources – including the projected $1 billion surplus and fees from natural gas – to balance the budget.
Click here for contact information or to send an email.
Please take action even if you’ve already contacted elected officials this year. We’re in a new phase of budget negotiations and they need to hear from you today!
Thank you for all the work you’ve been doing on behalf of the region’s kids.
Shelly Yanoff
About this E-Alert
In an effort to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date on what’s going on with children and families in our region, PCCY will, from time to time, issue an E-Alert on an issue that we need YOU to take action on! We will provide you with the information on the issues and we need you to take the action step(s) that are listed.
We hope that you will join us in helping to protect the lives and life chances of children and families in our region by doing something TODAY to help protect their tomorrows. However, if you would like to be removed from the e-mail list and receive no further updates, please send an e-mail to info@pccy.org.
President: Carolyn Adams
Executive Director: Shelly D. Yanoff
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Sixth Floor
Philadelphia, Pa 19103
Phone: 215-563-5848
Fax: 215-563-9442
Website: www.pccy.org
E-mail: info@pccy.org
Webmaster: Steven Fynes
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