FFSC Mentoring, along with hundreds of other organizations and agencies who service millions of our most vulnerable citizens every year, need your help.
Recently, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, a long-term Continuing Resolution that will
cut government programs by $100 billion for the rest of this fiscal year. This bill eliminates the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), home to AmeriCorps and Teach for America, would zero out funding for the Mentoring of Children of Prisoners program program for the remainder of the fiscal year, and cuts funding for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention by 45 percent. (
Courtesy of Mentoring.org)
We need you to take action NOW to ensure this legislation does not become law.
Please contact your local representatives to voice your objection to H.R. 1! Instructions and talking points are easily available on
SaveService.org, along with easy ways to write to media outlets and other useful information and resources!
FFSC Mentoring will lose its core source of funding if H.R. 1 passes, and be hindered from serving 120+ children of prisoners in Los Angeles who are already underserved, misunderstood, and forgotten. Through FFSCM, families receive case management, children receive stable and positive adult role models, and incarcerated parents are reconnected with their children and provided reentry services to combat recidivism. Our program, and many other quality programs like it, face a high risk of elimination if this bill passes.
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