August 13, 2006
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Labor-HHS-Education
The annual appropriations bill that most greatly affects people with disabilities is the Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education appropriations bill. This bill funds programs including the National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Social Services, Maternal and Child Health, and Child Care and Development block grants; early childhood intervention through Head Start; job training; administration of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security; assistive technology grants and educational projects of national significance authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Documents:
- Appropriations Process
- Federal Funding Increases Urged for Child Programs by UCP and 70 Other Groups
- Increased Funding for Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Urged by UCP and 19 Other National Groups
- Social Services Block Grant Coalition Calls on President to Increase Funding for Fiscal Year 2002
- UCP and 10 Other National Groups Urge Congress to Increase Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
- UCP Urges Appropriators to Increase Funding