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News
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This
is the monthly
National
Senior Corps
Association update
for all FGP,
RSVP and SCP
Directors, volunteers and
friends.
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The Latest
on Funding for FGP,
RSVP, and SCP
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As
NSCA reported
previously on
Thursday, June 26,
in a final act
before leaving for
recess, the Senate
Labor HHS
Appropriations
Committee voted to
restore all the
funds cut from the
Foster Grandparent
Program by the
President's
Budget.
They rejected the
$40,825,000 cut
recommended for
FGP in the
President's Budget
and instead
restored the full
amount, bringing
the program back
up to the current FY08
funding levels.
The bill also
maintained level
funding for the
Senior Companion
Program and
RSVP.
NSCA continues
to advocate for
critical
increased
funding for FGP,
RSVP, and SCP.
While we are
grateful that
the Senate
committee did
not cut Senior
Corps programs
in 2009, in
reality, level
funding at FY
2008 levels in
our current
economic climate
is a cut.
It is, however, a
significant
victory at this
time to emerge
from the mark up
process with
level funding.
This is just one
step in a long
appropriations
process.
Next, the full
Senate must pass
the bill, and
the House must
also pass a
Labor HHS
Appropriations
bill.
We've already
sent you Senior
Corps Funding
Update #1
and Senior
Corps Funding
Update #2. NSCA
will continue to
work on your
behalf, will
continue to send
you new updates
as Congress
moves through
the appropriations
process, and
will inform you
of ways you can
help to secure
long overdue
increased
funding for our
programs.
Senior Corps
programs are
STRONGER
TOGETHER!
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| Reauthorization
Update |
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As
you know, the
House
reauthorization
bill failed.
The Senate is
starting from the
beginning.
NSCA is submitting
their
recommendations
for inclusion in
the bill.
Sadly, Senator
Kennedy, chair of
the HELP committee
with jurisdiction
over this
legislation, is
being treated for
cancer and is not
expected to work
on this
immediately.
Other Senators may
take up
reauthorization
later. Do
not expect any
rapid action. With
a presidential
election upon us,
and totally aside
from Senator
Kennedy, Congress
will probably not do
anything
bipartisan.
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| Reminder:
Congress on Recess
in August |
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Congress
will be on a long
recess in August. You
are encouraged
to visit your
Senators and
Respresentatives
in their home
offices.
See the website
www.NSCAtogether.org
for all the
information on how
to schedule and conduct
a congressional
meeting and what to
discuss.
Please send an email
to info@NSCAtogether.org,
letting us know
whose office you
visited, who
attended the
meeting, and the
response of that
office.
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| Big
Thanks to
Hospitality
Reception Sponsor |
NSCA
extends a big
thanks to Mark
Frisone and Family
& Community
Services of Ravena,
Ohio for
sponsoring the
NSCA hospitality
reception in
Atlanta.
Their support helped
make the reception
a great
networking
opportunity, loads
of fun, and a huge
success.
Thanks again!
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| RSVP
Project Director
from California Wins
$250 Prize |
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NSCA
congratulates Laurie
Parish, project
director of RSVP of
Sonoma County
(Santa Rosa,
California), for
winning NSCA's
$250 membership
cash prize.
The
names of those who
submitted their
renewal or joined
by the early June
deadline were
submitted into a
drawing for the
cash prize. Laurie's
name was drawn at
the NSCA national
meeting in
Atlanta.
Congratulations
Laurie!
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Last
year,
many
project
directors
told
me
that
they
just
weren't
convinced
that
a
combined
national
association
could
be
effective
in
meeting
the
needs
of
and
advocating
for
the
respective
Senior
Corps
programs.
They
felt
that
doing
it
through
a
combined
national
Senior
Corps
association
was
not
the
way
to
do
it.
Most
said
they
would
wait
and
see
how
a
new
combined
national
Senior
Corps
association
responded
to
the
needs
of
FGP,
RSVP,
and
SCP;
how
it
listened
and
responded
to
the
voice
of
project
directors;
and
how
it
conducted
its
business.
Fair
enough.
During
the
national
convention,
many
of
those
same
folks,
plus
a
few
others
that
I
had
never
met
or
talked
to,
came
up
to
me
and
said
that
they
now
believe
that
NSCA
is
effective,
that
NSCA
is
doing
it
right,
and
that
NSCA
listens
to
them.
They
also
said
that
it
was
apparent
that
the
Board
works
very
hard
for
the
benefit
of
all
Senior
Corps
programs.
One
of
the
best
feel-good
comments
came
from
a
project
director
in
California.
He
simply said,
"you
get
it."
All
the
comments
have
certainly
been
validating.
To
all
of
you
who
came
up
to
me
and
thanked
us
for
our
hard
work,
I
thank
you.
Now,
if
you
aren't
a
member
of
NSCA,
you
have
an
opportunity
to
support
NSCA
as
we
work
together
to
strengthen
FGPs,
RSVPs,
and
SCPs
across
the
country.
Become
a
member
of
NSCA
today.
You
know
that
we'll
work
hard
for
Senior
Corps.
You
know
that
we'll
work hard
for
YOU!
If
you
are
already
a
member,
click
here
to
renew
now!
If
you
aren't
a
member and
want
to
become
part
of
this
dynamic
association
that
works
for
you,
click
here
to
join!
Sincerely,
Fred
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Fred Lugo,
President, Texas
(RSVP); Camellia
Pisegna, Vice-President, Michigan
(SCP/FGP); Jody
Steinhardt, Secretary, New
York (SCP); Normalyn
Powers, Treasurer, Massachusettes
(RSVP); Dwight
Rasmussen, Immediate
Past-President, Utah
(FGP/SCP); Katy
Allen, New
York (FGP/SCP); Suzette
Boydston, Oregon
(SCP); Cheryl
Christmas, Washington
D.C. (FGP); Sue
Conner, New
Hampshire (At Large); Ann
Hammond, California
(RSVP); Nancy Hess, New
Jersey (RSVP); Jackie
Johnson, Minnesota
(FGP); Angela
Kocher, West
Virginia (RSVP); Janice
Laws,Oklahoma (FGP);
Anne Marie Mann,
Ohio
(RSVP/FGP/SCP); Jolene
Niernberger, Kansas
(FGP/SCP); Jose
Perez, Texas
(SCP);
John
Pribyl, Minnesota
(FGP/SCP);
Dolores
Schwertner, Texas
(RSVP);
Sherry
Shively, Arkansas
(SCP); Diana
Slais, California
(FGP/SCP); Debra Smith, Arizona
(At Large)
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This
NSCA newsletter is brought to you
by the 2008-2010 National Senior
Corps Association Board of
Directors.
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