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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Potential federal budget cuts and their impact on NYC social services
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Commissioner Park highlights the potential impacts of proposed federal budget cuts on various social service programs in New York City, emphasizing the reliance on federal funding for many essential services.
- The House budget resolution proposes eliminating $230 billion from the agriculture committee, primarily impacting SNAP, which 1.8 million New Yorkers rely on
- Proposed cuts of $880 billion from the Energy and Commerce Committee are anticipated to impact Medicaid, affecting about 4 million NYC residents
- Other potential cuts include reductions to TANF and elimination of the Social Services Block Grant, which would affect various programs including family shelters and domestic violence services
Molly Wasow Park
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It would be irresponsible of me not to focus some of this presentation on the threats to federal funding currently being contemplated by Congress.
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As I've highlighted in my testimony, DSS, HRA, and DHS budgets are significantly reliant on federal dollars, but more importantly, the 3,000,000 people we serve receive significant benefits from the federal government.
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We are seeing increasing demand for these services at the same time that they are under threat.
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This slide highlights some examples of real impact proposed federal cuts will have on New Yorkers.
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The House budget resolution proposes eliminating $230,000,000,000 from the agriculture committee which will primarily impact SNAP and there are 1,800,000 New Yorkers who rely on SNAP.
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The House resolution also targets reductions of $880,000,000,000 from the Energy and Commerce Committee and this reduction is anticipated to come from Medicaid cuts.
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There are about 4,000,000 New York City residents who rely on Medicaid for healthcare.
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Additionally, the House Appropriations Committee has put out a menu of budget options that contemplate eliminating the TANF contingency funds which represent a reduction of $290,000,000 from New York State as well as an overall 10% cut to the TANF block grant.
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In New York City, there are about 290,000 New Yorkers who rely on cash assistance for basic income support.
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The agency also uses TANF for programs such as family shelters and workforce development programs.
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The same house proposal also contemplates elimination of the social services block grant.
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DSS supports about 72,000 New Yorkers relying on adult protective services and domestic violence services with the Social Services Block Grant which is also used in other agencies as well.
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All of these are vital programs that the city and state would not have the budget capacity to replace.
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The next slide again shows an image of the Manhattan skyline and presents the title of the next portion of our presentation, Streamlining Access to Social Services.