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Right here’s what we’re watching in Washington:
Press Occasion to Defend HUD Applications and Workers
Consultant Maxine Waters (D-CA) and different congressional leaders will collect on the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD) Headquarters on Monday, March 3, at a rally to guard HUD packages and workers. Rep. Waters will ship a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner, demanding solutions about HUD’s plans to terminate 50% of its workers in accordance with a current govt order directing businesses to plan for large-scale reductions in drive.
HUD administers essential packages that present housing and homeless help to the lowest-income households, together with over two million older adults. The company additionally enforces civil rights legal guidelines to stop and treatment housing discrimination.
Mass terminations at HUD – which is already understaffed – would endanger essential packages and result in extra evictions and homelessness throughout the nation.
Advocates can RSVP to the occasion in D.C. by the tip of at present, February 28. Organizations also can signal onto a nationwide letter urging Congress to guard HUD. Organizations are inspired to signal on by March 4.
Home’s Approval of Finances Decision Reveals Medicaid Funding at Critical Threat
On Tuesday, Home Republicans handed their funds decision by the narrowest of margins (217-215), with just one Republican becoming a member of all Democrats to vote no. The decision units a framework for trillions of {dollars} in cuts to Medicaid, the Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (SNAP), and different packages that tens of millions of older adults rely upon each day.
Whereas this vote endorsing no less than $880 billion in Medicaid cuts exhibits how severe the threats are, the decision is just a blueprint, not a legislation. The combat isn’t over.
Because the Home and Senate attempt to reconcile their very completely different funds proposals and the coverage specifics begin to emerge, we’ll proceed to make use of each alternative to advocate for the significance of Medicaid. Justice in Growing older joined ageing and incapacity leaders and the Alzheimer’s and dementia group in telling Congress how harmful these cuts can be.
A new difficulty transient from the Nationwide Partnership for Girls and Households and Justice in Growing older describes how ladies, and notably older ladies, in each state can be harmed by the proposed $880 billion reduce to Medicaid. Older ladies would face extra harms as a result of impression on the direct care workforce. This provides to the proof that Chopping Medicaid Harms Older Adults No Matter How It’s Sliced.
Report Highlights Harms of Chopping SSA Workers
Amidst information that the Social Safety Administration (SSA) could reduce 50% of its workers, a brand new City Institute report seems to be on the challenges going through SSA as workers numbers decline because of insufficient funding and efforts to radically downsize the federal authorities.
The report highlights how shortages in workers will exacerbate backlogs of pending claims for Social Safety Incapacity and Supplemental Safety Revenue (SSI), delaying advantages and growing poverty amongst older adults and other people with disabilities.
Justice in Growing older will proceed to watch workers terminations at SSA and different businesses for his or her impacts on older adults.
Federal Court docket Blocks DEI Government Orders
A federal courtroom not too long ago granted a preliminary injunction that quickly bars the Trump Administration from implementing its govt orders (EOs) on range, fairness, and inclusion (DEI).
The EOs direct federal businesses to terminate equity-related grants or contracts; require federal grant or contract awardees to certify that they don’t have unlawful DEI packages; and direct the Division of Justice to discourage DEI packages within the personal sector.
Advocates can use this useful resource from Simply Safety to trace these and different authorized challenges to the Trump Administration’s actions. Justice in Growing older can also be monitoring related litigation and can replace our community with vital developments.
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