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Please call your lawmakers today! Thanks for your support.

• This is [NAME] of the [TOWN/COUNTY].
   
• I am calling my [CONGRESSMAN/SENATOR] because the budget something something something. 
   
• 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 your lawmakers, please contact the 
California CASA Association at mshea@califorinacasa.org