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05-27-2004
BUDGET UPDATE AND ACTION ALERT
UPDATE
After a contentious week on the budget, appropriations meetings were cancelled
today and both the House and Senate have gone home for the holiday weekend.
House committees are scheduled to begin again on Tuesday with a hope of
finalizing the budget next week.
The issues about cuts to services and real people being raised by Coalition 2001
and others are resonating with members of the House.
THE CUTS REMAIN IN THE BUDGET. We need to continue to make contact and keep the
message flowing.
As you know, NAMI North Carolina is a founding member of Coalition 2001. All of
this budget information is posted on the website:
http://www.cpdmi.org/html/Coalition2001.htm
The Myth/Facts sheet is being sent to the Capital Press Corp.
ACTION NEEDED
1. Contact your House member at home this weekend to express concern about the
cuts. Use the Coalition message as the key to making the contacts. To find
your house member go to:
and then click on Representation on the left under Site
Navigation.
2. Ask your key leadership to contact the House Appropriations Chairs (the big
chairs) and the members of the House Health and Human Services Sub-Committee. A
list with their home numbers is attached. Ask any of your friends who know
these leaders to make contact.
3. If you live in the district of either House Co-Speaker – Jim Black and
Richard Morgan – contact them at home this weekend.
BOTTOM LINE MESSAGE
THESE CUTS HURT REAL PEOPLE AND WILL TAKE SERVICES AWAY FROM REAL PEOPLE - don't
let that happen
We urge you to go to http://www.cpdmi.org/html/Coalition2001.htm
for the latest budget alerts and information on legislators.
Attached are:
1. A myth/fact sheet about the cuts that is the message people should deliver.
The bottom line message is: THESE CUTS HURT REAL PEOPLE AND WILL TAKE SERVICES
AWAY FROM REAL PEOPLE.
2. A list of the House members with their hometown and phone numbers.
THE PROPOSED HOUSE BUDGET CUTS HURT REAL PEOPLE – IT ISN’T A MYTH
MYTH: The CAP MR/DD money wasn’t spent so no one will lose services.
FACT: Money is being been spent. There were one-time savings this year because it takes time to bring up community services and to remove people from the waiting list. There are hundreds of people being served by this money who will lose services if this cut is enacted.
MYTH: The reversion cuts won’t hurt because those funds are not serving people.
FACT: The argument about reversions is hollow. Funds were reverted due to forced reversions by the Governor and restrictive language that has made it difficult to spend the money that was allocated. Despite this, new services have been developed and the cost of these services has to be annualized. Cuts because of past reversions will result in a loss of services to those who are finally getting what they badly need. Remove the restrictions.
Is North Carolina inviting another lawsuit? There are hundreds of people with dual diagnosis (mi/mr) languishing in state hospitals who should be served in the community – these are the same people about whom North Carolina was sued and lost in federal court because they were institutionalized. This cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars. Do we want a repeat?
MYTH: We can cut the social services block grant and no one will lose services.
FACT: The $8.6m in the social services block grant slated for cuts is money that is currently used to serve real people in communities – people with developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictive diseases. These people will lose services.
MYTH: There isn’t a real impact if these cuts in state Medicaid dollars are made.
FACT: If cuts are made in state Medicaid funds, not only do people lose each state dollar, but North Carolina also loses $2 federal dollars for each state dollar that is cut. If there is a $25,000,000 cut in the CAP program, that translates into a $75,000,000 cut.
PLEASE STAND UP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES – MAKE A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION AND DO NOT ACCEPT THESE CUTS.
NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2004
First Name Last Name City Phone
Alma Adams Greensboro 336-273-9280
Martha Alexander Charlotte 704-365-3841
Gordon Allen Roxboro 336-599-2943
Lucy Allen Louisburg 919-496-5111
Bernard Allen Raleigh 919-231-1970
Cary Allred Burlington 336-733-5905
Rex Baker King 336-983-6658
Bobby Barbee, Sr. Locust 704-888-4422
Jeffrey Barnhart Raleigh 919-715-2009
Larry Bell Clinton 910-592-1177
James Black Matthews 704-847-9938
Jacob Blackwood, Jr. Matthews 704-846-6019
John Blust Greensboro 336-662-0368
Donald Bonner Rowland 910-422-3402
Alice Bordsen Mebane 919-563-5264
Joanne Bowie Greensboro 336-294-2587
Harold Brubaker Asheboro 336-629-5128
James Capps Raleigh 919-846-9199
Rebecca Carney Charlotte 704-332-1893
Walter Church, Sr. Valdese 828-874-2141
Debbie Clary Cherryville 704-480-1407
Lorene Coates Salisbury 704-636-6976
Edward Cole Reidsville 336-349-6734
James Crawford, Jr. Henderson 252-492-0185
Billy Creech Clayton 919-934-3847
Arlie Culp Ramseur 336-824-2218
William Culpepper, III Edenton 252-482-2175
William Cunningham Charlotte 704-394-0919
William Daughtridge, Jr. Rocky Mount 252-443-0537
Namon Daughtry Smithfield 919-934-5012
Michael Decker Walkertown 336-595-3008
Margaret Dickson Fayetteville 910-485-3870
Jerry Dockham Denton 336-859-2281
Beverly Earle Charlotte 704-333-7180
Rick Eddins Raleigh 919-847-1372
J. Ellis Raleigh 919-772-6434
Bobby England Ellenboro 828-453-8807
Jean Farmer-Butterfield Wilson 252-291-0828
Susan Fisher Asheville 828-258-5355
Stanley Fox Oxford 919-693-6449
Phillip Frye Spruce Pine 828-765-4925
Pryor Gibson, III Wadesboro 704-694-5957
Robert Gillespie Marion 828-724-9995
Rick Glazier Fayetteville 910-484-4168
Daniel Goforth Asheville 828-298-8093
George Goodwin Hamlet 910-205-0464
Michael Gorman Trent Woods 252-637-7846
W. Grady Jacksonville 910-455-9359
Jim Gulley Matthews 704-847-9341
Joe Hackney Chapel Hill 919-929-0323
Robert Haire Sylva 828-586-1771
John Hall Scotland Neck 252-826-3114
James Harrell, III Elkin 336-902-0276
Dewey Hill Whiteville 910-642-6044
Mark Hilton Conover 828-464-9006
Lindsey Holliman Lexington 336-248-6272
George Holmes Hamptonville 336-468-2401
Julia Howard Mocksville 336-751-3538
Howard Hunter, Jr. Ahoskie 252-332-3130
Verla Insko Chapel Hill 919-929-6115
Margaret Jeffus Greensboro 336-275-4762
Linda Johnson Kannapolis 704-932-1376
Charles Johnson Greenville 252-746-6831
Earl Jones Greensboro 336-273-0840
Carolyn Justice Hampstead 910-270-4604
Carolyn Justus Hendersonville 828-685-7433
Joe Kiser Vale 704-276-2725
Stephen LaRoque Kinston 252-523-7700
David Lewis Dunn 910-892-6171
Marvin Lucas Spring Lake 910-497-2733
Paul Luebke Durham 919-286-0269
Mary McAllister Fayetteville 910-488-9928
Daniel McComas Wilmington 910-343-8372
William McGee Clemmons 336-766-4481
Patrick McHenry Cherryville 704-445-2227
Marian McLawhorn Grifton 252-524-3113
William McMahan Charlotte 704-561-3402
Henry Michaux, Jr. Durham 919-596-8181
Paul Miller Durham 919-493-4151
David Miner Cary 919-460-7757
William Mitchell Olin 704-876-4327
Timothy Moore Shelby 704-482-4441
Richard Morgan Pinehurst 910-295-4575
Don Munford Raleigh 919-821-6689
Edd Nye Elizabethtown 910-862-3679
William Owens, Jr. Elizabeth City 252-733-0010
Earline Parmon Winston-Salem 336-767-7395
Louis Pate, Jr. Mount Olive 919-658-5561
Jean Preston Emerald Isle 252-354-6993
Ray Rapp Mars Hill 828-689-2214
Karen Ray Mooresville 704-660-5961
John Rayfield Belmont 704-827-2679
John Rhodes Cornelius 704-892-7783
Deborah Ross Raleigh 919-832-6508
John Sauls Sanford 919-499-0282
Drew Saunders Huntersville 704-875-2738
Mitchell Setzer Catawba 828-241-3570
Paul Sexton, Sr. Eden 336-627-1418
Wilma Sherrill Asheville 828-254-5770
Paul Stam Apex 919-362-8873
Edgar Starnes Granite Falls 828-396-9653
Fred Steen, II Landis 704-857-0857
Bonner Stiller Oak Island 910-278-5379
Ronnie Sutton Pembroke 910-843-2353
Joe Tolson Pinetops 252-827-2749
William Wainwright Havelock 252-447-7379
Trudi Walend Brevard 828-883-3790
Ronald Walker Wilkesboro 336-838-0606
Alex Warner Hope Mills 910-424-5350
Edith Warren Farmville 252-753-4198
Jennifer Weiss Cary 919-678-1367
Thomas West Marble 828-837-5246
Keith Williams Hubert 910-326-1129
Arthur Williams Washington 252-946-2576
William Wilson Boone 828-264-5365
Constance Wilson Charlotte 704-364-2311
Larry Womble Winston-Salem 336-784-9373
Stephen Wood High Point 336-883-9663
Thomas
Wright
Wilmington
877-364-6585
Douglas
Yongue
Laurinburg
910-276-1727