Advocacy Alerts
Check here regularly for the latest information on hearings (the public only receives 5 days notice including weekends and holidays), rallies, lobby days, and any other time-sensitive alerts that you need to know about in order to continue to educate, advocate and otherwise participate in Coalition activities! If you have further questions/for the most time-sensitive issues, please call KTP directly at: (800) 215-3021; (860) 882-0236 or email: keepthepromise@namict.org.
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Federal and State Budget Updates:
It appears that late Sunday night, July 31, 2011, Congressional leadership and President Obama reached an agreement that raises the borrowing limit and makes cuts over the next 10 years. Although the deal averts U.S. loan defaults, according to Associated Press reports, the deal could further strain Connecticut’s finances as it could potentially result in the lowest level of federal spending since the 1950’s. Stay tuned for more information on how Federal changes affect CT’s State Budget.
Meanwhile, Connecticut’s State Unions collectively agreed to accept budget concessions. Gov. Malloy came out with additional cuts from the “Plan B” budget on September 6, 2011. It appears that these cuts are NOT the ones we feared would be most detrimental to people receiving mental health services in CT thanks in large part to Coalition advocates across the State who continued to contact the Governor and their legislators. Great Advocacy Work!
We are preparing for the 2012 Legislative Session: attend KTP meetings, begin writing testimony on issues that are important to you as well as general budget cuts to DMHAS, DCF, and DSS so that you can be ready to edit quickly when a hearing arises. Continue publishing letters in the newspaper and looking for opportunities to get the KTP message onto television, radio, and other media sources…stay tuned!
