Act Now: Health Centers Appropriations Letters

Time is Running Out - Health Centers Appropriations Letters

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Stabenow-Bond and Pallone-Granger Dear Colleague Letters

FY 2011 Health Center Appropriations Letters Are Now Circulating
Only 13 Senators and 38 Representatives Have Co-Signed - Time is Running Out!

Have Your Members of Congress Signed On? Click Here to Check

You are receiving this alert because at least one of your Members of Congress has not yet signed the Health Centers Appropriations Letters supporting $370 million in funding for health centers in FY11.The DEADLINE TO SIGN ON IS MARCH 12!! Contact your Members of Congress TODAY to ask them to sign onto the Stabenow-Bond Health Center Appropriations Letter in the Senate or the Pallone-Granger Health Center Appropriations Letter in the House.

Call your Members of Congress toll-free TODAY by using the NACHC Advocacy Hotline at 1-866-456-3949. You can also click the link at the top right hand corner of this alert to contact your Members of Congress through the Health Center advocacy network.

To sign onto the Health Centers Appropriations Letters Senators can contact Oliver Kim with Sen. Stabenow or Julie Jolly with Sen. Bond. To sign on in the House, Representatives can contact Tiffany Guarascio with Rep. Pallone or Theresa Vawter with Rep.Granger. Both the House and Senate letter indicate support for a $370 million in increase in funding for the Health Center Program. The chances of getting this increase are directly related to the number of Cosigners on the Health Centers letters. This is our best chance to convey overwhelming support among members of Congress for increased funding for Health Centers in FY 2011. The deadline to sign onto the health centers letter is March 12!
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Background

This year's Health Centers Appropriations Dear Colleague Letters asks for an increase in funding for the Health Center Program to $2.56 billion. This increase equates to a Program increase of $370 million and could mean $100 million in funding to expand access to new communities, $250 million to stabilize existing health centers funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $20 million to adequately fund the Federal Tort Claims Act fund. For more information and to access downloadable copies of the House and Senate Health Center Dear Colleague letters please visit the NACHC Federal Affairs web page.