Impact of sequestration
Automatic cuts known as
the “sequester” continue to take effect. Members of Congress want to know how
these cuts have affected their state and districts. Share your story with your
representative so they hear the family voice.
Call your Members of Congress
at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Representatives and Senators.
Or use this tool to identify them and/or contact them: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
If your family is struggling, contact us for resources
for your child with special health care needs: 317 944 8982 info@fvindiana.org
Impacts on Indiana
According to the
White House, the following are some of the effects the Sequester will have in
Indiana:
·
Teachers and
Schools: Indiana will lose approximately
$13.8 million in funding for primary and secondary education, putting around
190 teacher and aide jobs at risk. In addition about 12,000 fewer students
would be served and approximately 50 fewer schools would receive funding.
o Education for Children with Disabilities: In addition,
Indiana will lose approximately $12.4 million in funds for about 150 teachers,
aides, and staff who help children with disabilities.
·
Military Readiness: In Indiana, approximately 11,000 civilian Department
of Defense employees
would be furloughed, reducing gross pay by around $64.4 million in total.
would be furloughed, reducing gross pay by around $64.4 million in total.
o Army: Base operation funding would be cut by about $1.7
million in Indiana.
o Air Force: Funding for Air Force operations in Indiana
would be cut by about $7 million.
o Navy: Scheduled Blue Angels shows in Indianapolis and Evansville
could be canceled.
·
Law Enforcement and
Public Safety Funds for Crime Prevention and Prosecution: Indiana will lose about $262,000 in Justice
Assistance Grants that support law enforcement, prosecution and courts, crime
prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment
and enforcement, and crime victim and witness initiatives.
·
Job Search
Assistance to Help those in Indiana find Employment and Training: Indiana will lose about $683,000 in funding for job
search assistance, referral, and placement, meaning around 24,290 fewer people
will get the help and skills they need to find employment.
·
Child Care: Up to 600 disadvantaged and vulnerable children
could lose access to child care, which is also essential for working parents to
hold down a job.
·
Vaccines for
Children: In Indiana around 2,770 fewer
children will receive vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella,
tetanus, whooping cough, influenza, and Hepatitis B due to reduced funding for
vaccinations of about $189,000.
·
Public Health: Indiana will lose approximately $619,000 in funds to
help upgrade its ability to respond to public health threats including
infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and
radiological events. In addition, Indiana will lose about $1.7 million in
grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse, resulting in around 1,100
fewer admissions to substance abuse programs. And the Indiana State Department
of Health will lose about $146,000 resulting in around 3,700 fewer HIV
tests.
·
STOP Violence
Against Women Program: Indiana could
lose up to $138,000 in funds that provide services to victims of domestic
violence, resulting in up to 500 fewer victims being served.
·
Nutrition
Assistance for Seniors: Indiana would
lose approximately $820,000 in funds that provide meals for seniors.
For more
information on the automatic cuts see these resources:
· Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Congress Addresses Flight Delays But
Leaves Other Sequestration Problems Unsolved by Sharon Parrott, April 26, 2013
· Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Sequestration by the Numbers by Richard Kogan, March 22, 2013
· Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: How the Across-the-Board Cuts in the Budget Control Act
Will Work by Richard Kogan, April 27,
2013
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