City of Philadelphia - File #: 110159

• File #: 110159
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/3/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/3/2011
• Title: Urging the United States Senate not to pass H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, which would result in funding cuts of almost $150 million impacting Philadelphia, including a sixty-six (66) percent cut in funds for the Community Development Block Grant program, and to maintain funding for the impacted programs at the fiscal year 2010 funding levels.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Miller, Council President Verna, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS (CDBGS)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/3/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended	Pass
3/3/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Urging the United States Senate not to pass H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, which would result in funding cuts of almost $150 million impacting Philadelphia, including a sixty-six (66) percent cut in funds for the Community Development Block Grant program, and to maintain funding for the impacted programs at the fiscal year 2010 funding levels.
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WHEREAS, On February 18, 2011, the United State House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011; and

WHEREAS, If enacted into law, H.R. 1 would result in a cut of almost $150 million in funding for programs and initiatives in Philadelphia, including a $15 million reduction in Head Start; a $6.7 million cut in Workforce Investment Act funds for job training and jobs programs; and a $3 million reduction in Community Services Block Grant funding, which supports a variety of social services programs, including the Foster Grandparents Program and supportive housing shelters; and

WHEREAS, The cuts in H.R. 1 include a sixty-six (66) percent cut in funds for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which would reduce Philadelphia's CDBG funding by nearly $37 million form $55 million to $18 million; and

WHEREAS, The CDBG program is the largest source of funding for the City of Philadelphia's vast array of housing, community and economic development activities and programs; and

WHEREAS, A sixty-six (66) percent cut in CDBG funds would dramatically reduce or eliminate funding for the preservation of existing housing units through the Basic Systems Repair Program; the creation of new affordable rental and homeownership housing units; and the production of special needs and homeless housing; and

WHEREAS, a sixty-six (66) percent cut in CDBG funds would dramatically reduce or eliminate housing counseling services to first-time homebuyers and mortgage foreclosu...