How To Contact Your Representative:
Senator Walter S. Felag Jr.
sen-felag@rilegislature.gov
Senator John A. Pagliarini
sen-pagliarini@rilegislature.gov
Senator Louis P. DiPalma
sen-dipalma@rilegislature.gov
Senator M. Teresa Paiva Weed
sen-paivaweed@rilegislature.gov
Rep. John G. Edwards
rep-edwards@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Raymond E. Gallison Jr.
rep-gallison@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Dennis M. Canario
rep-canario@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Daniel P. Reilly
rep-reilly@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Marvin L. Abney
rep-abney@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Deborah Ruggiero
rep-ruggiero@rilegislature.gov
Rep. Lauren H. Carson
rep-carson@rilegislature.gov
Last Tuesday, Congress and the President reached a budget deal for FY16 and FY17 that provide relief from the sequester; now, the Appropriations Subcommittees are working on funding for individual programs, including HUD programs. The timeline for advocacy is tight - we have about 1 week to guarantee programs vital to Rhode Island are adequately funded.
A letter from RICH and the Housing Network was delivered to our Congressional delegation on Monday with specific funding asks for the programs we have prioritized: HOME, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, the National Housing Trust Fund, and McKinney-Vento Emergency Homeless Assistance Grants.
As a follow-up to this letter, we are asking you to make 3 calls - to both of our Senators and to your Congressman - to say "thank you for your leadership on lifting the sequester caps - please guarantee adequate funding for HUD programs is in the final FY2016 budget." The deadline for this is next Tuesday, November 17th. Here are the numbers you need:
Senator Reed's office: 202-224-4642
Senator Whitehouse's office: 202-224-2921
Congressman Cicilline's office: 202-225-4911 OR Congressman Langevin's office: 202-225-2735
Pick Up Your Phone Now!
Laundry For 25 People A Day – Yikes!
If you had to do bed linens and towels for 25 people every day how would you get it done? This is a question that faces the staff of McKinney Cooperative Shelter every day 365 days of the year. It’s like running a hotel. A hotel handles this ton of laundry with commercial washing machines but McKinney doesn’t have that luxury. Each machine cost $750 and that is way over its budget. If you would like to help the shelter and the men and women it serves you can make a donation toward the purchase of two commercial washing machines. Send a check to McKinney Cooperative Shelter, 15 Meeting St., Newport, RI 02840. In the memo area write “Laundry Fund”. Your donation is 100% tax deductible. If you’d like to know more about McKinney Cooperative Shelter click here