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Call your Senators and Representatives Today and Ask Them to Protect CASA Funding and the Crime Victims Fund!

Ask your Senators and Representative to preserve Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants to states and $12 million for the CASA program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. The budget deal would permanently cut $1.5 billion from the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), which provides state VOCA grants and full funding of the CASA program in the current fiscal year. The CASA program and state VOCA grants are critical resources for CASA/GAL programs to serve victims of child abuse and neglect. We need your help to make sure that state VOCA grants and CASA program funding are not reduced as a result of this $1.5 billion cut to the Crime Victims Fund.

Please call Capitol Hill today! Thanks for your support.

To find your elected officials, please enter your ZIP Code. If you live in a split district, you may need to enter your full address.
 
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  • This is [NAME] of the [CASA/GAL PROGRAM NAME] program in [TOWN/COUNTY].
     
  • I am calling my [CONGRESSMAN/SENATOR] because the budget deal will seriously impact funding for the CASA program in our community.
     
  • The budget deal permanently removes $1.5 billion from the Crime Victims Fund.
     
  • The Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill would fully fund the CASA program at the $12 million authorized level within the Crime Victims Fund.
     
  • [If you apply for/receive VOCA:]  We also [RECEIVE/APPLY FOR] VOCA grant dollars through our state. Any reduction of VOCA dollars out of the Crime Victims Fund impacts the number of abused or neglected children CASA/GAL advocates can serve and this impacts the critical support we provide for child victims in the court system.
     
  • I am calling to urge [THE CONGRESSMAN/SENATOR] to question the wisdom of a budget deal which takes away dollars intended for victims of crime, including victims of child abuse and neglect.
     
  • We urge [HIM/HER] to demand that any cut to the Crime Victims Fund not reduce the VOCA dollars available through states, or to the CASA program. As the appropriations process moves forward, there should be enough in the Crime Victims Fund for both of these initiatives to serve crime victims, even with the $1.5 billion cut.
     
  • Thank you, and I look forward to hearing about the Congressman’s/Senator’s views on this matter.

*If you have any questions as you make calls to Capitol Hill, please contact
National CASA Association at Advocacy@casaforchildren.org

 
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