{"id":15,"date":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calchurches.planetpov.com\/impact\/index.php\/2014\/06\/10\/this-weeks-faithful-friday-work-remains-the-budget-restore-funding-for-those-in-need\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","slug":"this-weeks-faithful-friday-work-remains-the-budget-restore-funding-for-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/10\/this-weeks-faithful-friday-work-remains-the-budget-restore-funding-for-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u2019s Faithful Friday Work Remains the Budget \u2013 Restore Funding for Those in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; color:rgb(70, 69, 69); \">                      <span style=\"\">Dear Friends:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">The state legislature, Assembly and Senate, have to finish and pass the budget by Sunday June 15. This is coming up very soon!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">It is essential that we keep our voices strong for restoring funding for those whom the private sector cannot help or whom they have abandoned. The Governor wants to do the same, and the only way to challenge that is with support at the Assembly and Senate for budget justice.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Over the past years we have cut, cut, cut the programs supporting the poor. We now also find that those providing In Home Supportive Services to their loved ones are going to be cut back to avoid our paying the federally mandated overtime. IHSS is paid out of the budget but saves billions for those who otherwise would be institutionalized.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Can you imagine the problem of finding night workers to come tend your agining or disabled relative when you, their IHSS provider, could do it with a little more money? Losing that time means losing that income, too. Urge the funding of overtime hours for IHSS. It\u2019s the right thing for those who no longer can help themselves. They should not have to find strangers to do this work for and with them.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Restore cash grants for those working their way out of poverty on CalWORKs. Cash amounts today won\u2019t even cover rent, never mind other things such as pencils and paper for your children\u2019s schoolwork.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Raise the eligibility for Low Income Heating Assistance because it will restore Food Stamps \u2013 CalFresh \u2013 as well. Federal guidelines require CA to pay more to more people in energy assistance to also keep 80,000 of them eligible for food assistance. We can do this.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Go to your local Assembly or Senate office and let them know that the very poor among us deserve equity, too.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">To find your contact information for local offices and phones \u2013 if you cannot go, CALL \u2013 go to: <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchimpact.org\/take-action.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"\">http:\/\/www.churchimpact.org\/take-action.html<\/span><\/a><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\"><br \/>Tell your officials you are part of \u201cFaithful Fridays\u201d and that you urge their inclusion of safety net funding restoration NOW.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>  <span style=\"\">Thank you!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span>      <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends: The state legislature, Assembly and Senate, have to finish and pass the budget by Sunday June 15. This is coming up very soon! &hellip; <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/10\/this-weeks-faithful-friday-work-remains-the-budget-restore-funding-for-those-in-need\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}