Save Safe and Drug-Free Schools Funding

SPECIAL ALERT!

CADCA has developed new fact sheets in order to arm the field with the most salient facts about the SDFSC program. The first is titled Eliminating the State Grants Portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Program Is NOT a Sound Proposal, and the second is titled The State Grants Portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Program Must Be Maintained.

These fact sheets are part of the toolkit that CADCA is currently developing to provide advocates with all of the information and tools necessary to continue to effectively advocate for this critical program. As soon as this toolkit is “live,” CADCA will notify the field.

CADCA also is asking that field to continue responding en masse to the legislative alert posted HERE, so that Congress understands how devastating the Administration’s proposal would be to the substance abuse prevention field, if it is enacted. It is particularly important that you respond to this alert if you live in the following states, as these states are represented by members of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittees on Appropriations:

· Alabama· New Hampshire
· Arkansas· New York
· California· Ohio
· Connecticut· Oklahoma
· Hawaii· Pennsylvania
· Iowa· Rhode Island
· Illinois· Tennessee
· Kansas· Texas
· Louisiana· Virginia
· Minnesota· Washington
· Mississippi· Wisconsin
· Montana

As the appropriations process moves forward, CADCA will send out legislative alerts at key points to have the maximum influence. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kelly Lieupo, Director of Public Policy at [email protected], or David Kurosky, Public Policy Associate, at [email protected].

[From Public Square: Write it on the Wall - My Prevention Community]