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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 2005

Page

7

Cuts to Head Start threaten Belle Plaine services

The 2006 budget proposal to end community services block grants may cut eight point six million nationally and could remove funding for HACAP head start and related programs in seven counties. Leaders warn of reduced health screening, day care training, emergency food, and lead testing as families prepare for possible service losses.

HACAP Bush Liz Williams-Chaffin Iowa Community Action Association Williams-Chaffin Des Moines Financial Assistance Network Washington Benton Drapeaux Nussle Kim Dell Jim Nussle House Budget Committee Amy Austin Collin Georgia Belle Plaine Austin Mike Milligan Marengo Vinton Sandy Gilbert CAP Cedar Rapids Phaedra Roggenstein Stamp Dena Bridgewater

Upward Bound program at Coe faces funding cut

Cedar Rapids Upward Bound, aiding low income high school students toward college, may end if Bush budget eliminates funding. Coe College staff note 75 students served and strong college placement rates, with many graduates entering Drake University or other colleges. Students describe weekly tutoring, six week summer sessions, and campus living as crucial.

Ine Gazette Cedar Rapids Upward Bound Bush Barb Gibbs Coe College Coe Congress Gibbs Leah Morrison Jefferson High School Drake University Metro-Area Anamosa Morrison Senate House House Budget Committee Jim Nussle

Social services risk from proposed block grant consolidation

Federal block grants face cuts and regional reallocation under a Bush plan to pool 18 programs into one fund worth about 5.7 billion dollars. Local officials fear combining social services with economic development will shift spending away from Head Start and neighborhood programs, reducing available funding.

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