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House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: October 9, 2015 09:31 AM
From: Representative Stephen Bloom
To: All House members
Subject: 2015-16 Appropriation – State Domestic Violence Programs
 
Since Governor Wolf’s June 30 veto of the 2015-16 general appropriations bill (HB 1192) and his September 28 veto of the four-month emergency funding bill (SB 1000), state and federal tax dollars have continued to accumulate in our state treasury. The governor’s vetoes have blocked these funds from reaching schools and human service providers, putting students and vulnerable citizens in peril. Vital programming has been cut and, in some cases, halted. Each day the crisis deepens, children lose education, workers lose jobs, and people in need lose help.

Therefore, I will soon introduce the following and several other freestanding appropriation bills to fully release critical blocked funding for education, health, and human services, in amounts at or very near those proposed by the governor in his 2015-16 budget and passed by the General Assembly in HB 1192:

A bill (HB 1585) to appropriate $16.851 million for Domestic Violence Programs. This amount represents a 10 percent increase over the amount provided in the 2014-15 fiscal year and is the same amount included in both the Governor’s March 3rd budget and in HB 1192.

  • The Domestic Violence Programs appropriation provides funding to 60 local domestic violence programs serving all 67 counties through the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
  • Services include emergency crisis intervention services such as counseling and temporary shelter. Ongoing services include supportive counseling, and referral to other community services.
  • Local programs also provide prevention and community education services to identify persons needing assistance, reduce the incidence and lessen the risk of domestic violence.
  • Nearly 43,000 victims of domestic violence were projected to be served in 2014-15 including approximately 111,600 days of shelter and an estimated 166,070 hours of counseling. With the 10% increase in state funds, more than 47,000 victims are expected to be served in 2015-16.
This bill also includes two federal appropriations in the amounts of $3.081 million for Family Violence Prevention Services and $5.705 million from the Social Services Block Grant that supports Domestic Violence Programs, and again, these are the Governor’s requested funding amounts and they are not in dispute.

Please join me in co-sponsoring this important and urgently necessary legislation.
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Introduced as HB1585