APHSA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Additional SNAP Funding Cuts APHSA’s Support for Extenders Bill APHSA has issued a letter to Congress summarizing its strong support for the so-called extenders bill, H.R. 4213. The bill passed the House on May 28 and is now awaiting action in the Senate. The current Senate version would extend the enhanced FMAP payments enacted in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, benefiting state Medicaid and child welfare programs, and would extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund. The letter is posted here. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reauthorization The National Association of State TANF Administrators' (NASTA) TANF reauthorization recommendations were released on January 19, 2010, and are posted here. Child Support Enforcement and Healthy Fatherhood Initiatives Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Reauthorization Medicaid and Health Care Reform The National Association of State Medicaid Directors, an APHSA affiliate, has developed a detailed side-by-side chart of the health care reform legislation’s provisions. The chart is posted on the NASMD web site at www.nasmd.org/home/doc/SummaryPatProtAct.pdf. NASMD has also provided a general overview of the major elements of health care reform legislation and an implementation timeline, posted at www.aphsa.org/Home/Doc/hr_issues_state_govt.pdf. On February 1, 2010, President Obama released the Administration’s FY 2011 budget proposal. APHSA’s detailed summary of the budget is posted here. APHSA has submitted a comment letter on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed federal-state partnership funding, available at www.aphsa.org/Home/Doc/Letter_OMB_fed-state_partnership.pdf. Additional details on the partnership are posted on OMB’s site at www.whitehouse.gov/open/partner4solutions. |