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McKinney Sign-On Letters Circulating NOW!

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March 26, 2014 House and Senate McKinney Letters Circulate Last week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) began asking their colleagues in the House and Senate to join a "Dear Colleague" Member sign-on letter in support of HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants. The Senate letter calls for robust funding for the program in fiscal year (FY) 2015, and the House letter calls for providing $2.405 billion for the program in FY 2015 - the same amount requested by the President in his Budget Proposal. Both letters received a strong showing last year, so we need to work to make sure we get as many signatures as possible on both the House and Senate letters! The deadline is very rapidly approaching - both letters close next Monday!    What You Can Do: Find out if your senator joined a similar letter last year by clicking here and if