Annual Federal Budget Briefing The President’s FY 2010 Budget Proposal: Implications for Housing and Homeless Assistance Tuesday, May 12 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET Webinar Materials and Agenda:

Today’s Agenda 1.Introduction / Greeting 2.Overview: Federal Budget and Appropriations Process 3.President’s FY 2010 Budget Rundown 4.Budget and Policy Outlook 5.Convincing Congress to Take Action: Upcoming Advocacy Opportunities 5.Q & A

Federal Budget and Appropriations Process Typically, President’s Budget is released the first Monday in February “Opening day” for Federal budget and appropriations work President’s proposal is meant to guide Congress as it makes budget and spending decisions

Federal Budget and Appropriations Process House and Senate hold hearings and draft their proposals—the Budget Resolution Budget Resolution sets spending levels for Appropriations Committees (Finished April 29) Appropriations Committees divvy up funds to subcommittees Subcommittees fund programs by writing and passing bills

Federal Budget and Appropriations Process President’s Budget is NOT law Congress decides on spending levels They rely on YOU to make good decisions! Demonstrate how federal funding affects people/programs in their districts/states

Federal Budget and Appropriations Process How does it impact his or her district? How does the program work locally? What success has the program had? What could the program achieve with additional funding? What will happen if the program does not receive more an increase?

Annual Budget Briefing President’s FY 2010 Budget Rundown Norm Suchar, Senior Policy Analyst

The Impact of the President’s Budget Big Picture This is the first budget of the New Administration. It will get a lot of attention and scrutiny. Because it takes time to develop policy initiatives, a new Administration’s second budget is often more transformative.

Analysis of the President’s Budget HUD The Budget tries to fix a lot of the problems with HUD programs over the past several years.

Analysis of the President’s Budget HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Increases funding by $117 million to $1.794 billion—a little more than enough to fund increase in renewals Continues 30% set aside for permanent housing Continues to renew Shelter Plus Care non- competitively No other new initiatives

Analysis of the President’s Budget Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers $1.77 billion increase HUD believes it’s enough to fund existing vouchers and the new ones added over the past 2 years. Continues renewal formula of past three years with small modifications (formula based on most recent data for actual costs)

Analysis of the President’s Budget Housing Trust Fund $1 billion in funding One-time funding Mandatory, which means it will need separate legislation No indication of funding source or whether funding will continue beyond this year

Analysis of the President’s Budget Community Development Block Grant Increases funding by $550 million to $4.45 billion Sustainable Communities Initiative--$150 million to coordinate housing and transportation investments Modify CDBG formula to target lower-income neighborhoods

Analysis of the President’s Budget Public Housing $145 million increase for operating expenses ($4.6 billion) $206 million cut to capital expenses ($2.244 billion) HOPE VI replaced with Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which would revitalize communities with concentrated poverty, public or assisted housing, $250 million vs. $120 million last year for HOPE VI

Analysis of the President’s Budget Transformation Initiative Up to 1% of nearly all programs for cross- cutting activities, including research, technical assistance, demonstrations, and evaluation Generally replaces technical assistance already funded under those programs

Analysis of the President’s Budget Same funding as last year Home--$1.85 billion HOPWA--$310 million Section 811--$250 million Section 202--$765 million (p.s. the fact that a program got less attention in this year’s budget doesn’t mean that it won’t get more attention later)

Analysis of the President’s Budget HHS Increase: PATH--$8 million increase to $68 million Same as last year: SAMHSA Homeless--$75 million Runaway and Homeless Youth--$115 million Health Centers--$2.146 billion Health Care for the Homeless--$187 million Community Services Block Grant--$700 million

Analysis of the President’s Budget Notable Others Increases: Second Chance--$75 million increase to $100 million HVRP--$9 million increase to $35 million Same as last year: Ed. for Homeless Children and Youth--$65 million Decrease: Emergency Food and Shelter—Cut $100 million to $100 million

Analysis of the President’s Budget New Initiatives Veterans’ Homelessness Prevention Pilot: $26 million to stabilize housing for veterans at risk of homelessness and provide services. Washington DC: $19 million for permanent supportive housing $5 million for disconnected youth

Annual Budget Briefing Budget and Policy Outlook Steve Berg, Vice President for Programs and Policy

Urging Congress to Take Action Opportunities for policy change: 1.Communities have evidence of cost-efficient solutions 2.Increased attention to affordable housing and homelessness because of the recession 3.New Administration and New Congress

Urging Congress to Take Action See the Alliance’s 2009 Federal Policy Priorities (Homepage > Policy):

Urging Congress to Take Action Join our year-round advocacy efforts… Visit our TAKE ACTION webpage Invite Members of Congress to visit your programs over Memorial Day Recess (May 23 – 31) Participate in Capitol Hill Day at our Annual Conference (July ) See: Homepage > Policy > Advocacy

Urging Congress to Take Action Capitol Hill Day Prep: State Captains help organize their state’s Hill Day meetings Interested in being a State Captain? In Hill Day? Contact Sarah Kahn Conference registrants automatically receive information about Hill Day and your state’s Captain

Urging Congress to Take Action See the Capitol Hill Day Webpage: (Homepage > Policy > Advocacy)

Annual Budget Briefing Q and A