EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMNIBUS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE BILL TO COME UP FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH ON THE HOUSE FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COME STAND VIGIL WITH WRC IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE CHAMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THE BILL WILL BE PASSED. !!!

ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE HOUSE, CALL HOUSE INFORMATION AT 651-296-2146 TO FIND OUT WHAT TIME SESSION WILL BEGIN. WE ANTICIPATE THAT SESSION WILL START BETWEEN 11AM AND 1PM!!!!

Information on the bill--
This bill will undo the following

$125 Cut to Families with Disabilities:
This cut takes $125 per month from the MFIP grant if a household member is severely disabled and on SSI.

$50 Cut to Families in Subsidized Housing:
Families who receive MFIP and live in subsidized housing, Section 8, or public housing are having their monthly cash grant cut by $50 a month.

Education in MFIP
We need to get rid of the requirement that poor single parents work 20 hours a week while we are getting post-secondary education. MA co pays The bottom line is, this cut targets the poorest of the poor at a time when they are sick and vulnerable. It makes it so that people do not get the health care they need.

Childcare co pays
There was some relief in childcare last year, but not to the co pays that the poorest families pay for childcare. These need to be brought back to the pre-2003 level. Also it Gives more Hardship extensions for families coming up on their 5 Year Limit Welfare.

WRC THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE POOR PEOPLE'S BILLS THAT WE HAVE WORK ON THRU OUT THE YEARS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL 612-822-8020