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FPWA and Coalition on Human Needs Briefing

Impact of President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget

on NYC Human Services Budget and Sector

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Overview and What’s Next from CHN’s Exec. Director, Deborah Weinstein

About FPWA’s Federal Funds Tracker

FPWA Analysis of #TrumpBudget

Demonstration of Open Data Tools

Q&A

Agenda

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President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal�Draconian Cuts on Top of Already Woefully Underfunded Programs

Would deepen poverty and widen economic and racial disparities in by:

Hindering effective poverty fighting tools;
Ending or devastating programs that support our communities, children, and older adults;
Maintaining repressive caps on child care and affordable housing.

Departs sharply from the most recent bipartisan budget agreement reached in early 2018, which eliminated sequestration spending cuts for FY18 and FY19 and boosted spending for housing and child care.

Increases tax cuts to high-income taxpayers and heirs to very large estates and employs budget gimmicks to massively increase the defense budget.

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ACS federal funds by 12% ($144 million)

DFTA federal funds by 40% ($29 million)

DYCD federal funds by 60% ($36 million) �

DSS federal funds by 15% ($243 million)

FPWA analysis of FFIS, CAFR, NYC OMB, and Congressional Budget Justifications. As a matter of timing, this analysis compares the President’s budget with the City’s FY19 Adopted Budget

The President’s Budget Would Cut

In many cases, proposed cuts are in addition to the disinvestment that has occurred over the past decade as a result of federal austerity

Cuts on Top of Cuts

President Trump's FY20 Budget Would Cut

DFTA, ACS, DYCD, and DSS's FY 2019 Adopted Budget By Nearly A Half Billion (16% of federal funding)

($ in thousands)

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Our new brief analyzes the proposal’s impact on the nearly 40 federal grants that support the four agencies featured in the Tracker

(By the way, we’ll continue adding agencies this year)

We put in context the President’s proposal with historical funding trends illustrated in FPWA’s Federal Funds Tracker, and we evaluate the impact of the proposal on the budgets of FPWA’s nonprofit human-service providing members who rely on federal funding to support their missions.

We find that the proposal would cut nearly a half billion dollars from these agencies’ federal funding (or 16% of their total federal funding)

Let’s look more closely at how the proposal would impact each by agency. Sometimes grants are specific to an agency, and sometimes a grant funds many agencies. In either case, they fund multiple program areas. I won’t go over what each grant supports by agency, but we listed those in our brief.

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�President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal Would Cut �ACS’s Federal Funding by 12% ($144 million)��Would follow a 19% inflation-adjusted decline ($233 million) since FY 2010

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Federal Grant	Pres. Trump’s FY20 Proposal (% Change)	Pres. Trump's FY20 Proposal ($ Change)	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted % Change	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted $ Change
Social Services Block Grant (Title XX, SSBG)	100%	$(138,291)	-12%	$(27,000)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)	100%	$(1,728)	-45%	$(102,000)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)	16%	$(15,809)	45%	$550,000

FPWA analysis of NYC CAFR and OMB data, and Congressional Budget Justifications. Table does not equal total sum of cuts to ACS’s federal grants; 15 additional grants are slated for increases/decreases of 3 percent or less for an increase of $12 million, and a net cut of $143 million (see appendix for all proposals to ACS’s grants). The inflation-adjusted changes to SSBG, CDBG, and TANF reflect city-wide totals, as these grants support multiple agencies.

ACS’s FY19 Adopted Budget is more than $2.9 billion, of which 40 percent ($1.2 billion) comes from the federal government through 19 individual grants

The table represents the major cuts, but there are several other grants that are slated for smaller cuts and increases, all of which are included in the reports appendix.

TANF would receive a 16 percent cut under Trump’s proposal to cut the TANF Block Grant and eliminate the Contingency Fund. Not to mention, according to IBO, the Mayor’s FY 2020 Preliminary Budget estimates that there will be a $125 million loss to City programs that rely on TANF funding due to a formula change that has been enacted in New York State’s FY 2020 budget that reduces State reimbursement of City’s spending on TANF from 100 to 90 percent.

Trump’s budget proposal and the decade-long decline in grants that support the City’s children comes at a time when one-quarter of youth live below the poverty line (as high as 40 percent in the Bronx). Though the proposal would provide a one-time $1 billion funding increase over five years, broader child care funding would fall overall, decreasing by 20 percent over the next ten years. Childcare access is implemented through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), which Trump’s budget recommends freezing mandatory funding for over ten years, causing the CCDBG to lose 20 percent of its value after adjusting for inflation. Additionally, states can only access the funds if they remove so-called “unnecessary regulations.” This ineffective and meagre investment in childcare comes at a time when programs that combat poverty and support economic wellbeing are also receiving deep cuts.

The budget is bad for what it includes but also for what it doesn’t include: for example….

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�President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal Would Cut �DFTA’s Federal Funding by 40% ($29 million)��Would follow a 12% inflation-adjusted decline ($9 million) since FY 2010

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Federal Grant	Pres. Trump’s FY20 Proposal (% Change)	Pres. Trump's FY20 Proposal ($ Change)	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted % Change	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted $ Change
Social Services Block Grant (Title XX, SSBG)	100%	$(20,551)	-12%	$(27,000)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)	100%	$(2,241)	-45%	$(102,000)
Foster Grandparent Program (FGP)	99.9%	$(1,615)	-10%	$ (178)
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)	100%	$(3,619)	-41%	$(3,000)
National Family Caregiver Support (Title III, Part E)	16.6%	$(582)	-22%	$(1,000)

FPWA analysis of NYC CAFR and OMB data, and Congressional Budget Justifications. Table does not equal sum of cuts to DFTA’s federal grants; 3 additional grants are slated for cuts equal to 2 percent or less for a net agency cut of $28 million (see appendix for all proposals to DFTA’s grants). The inflation-adjusted changes to SSBG and CDBG reflect city-wide totals, as these grants support multiple agencies

DFTA’s FY19 Adopted Budget is more than $386 million, of which 19 percent ($72 million) comes from the federal government through a dozen individual grants

Again, the table represents the major cuts, but they are included in the reports appendix.

Trump’s budget proposal and the decade-long decline in grants that support older adults comes at a time when poverty has stagnated for older adults in the City and whose population is growing rapidly.^, Without sufficient federal investments, older adults are at risk of losing services, such as ensuring they live independently, have access to skills training, are able to remain independent, are provided nutritious meals, and are protected from harm.

NYC Populations Projections by Age/Sex & Borough, 2010 – 2040, December 2013. According to the NYC’s Department of City Planning the population of people over age 65 is projected to increase by 40.7 percent to 1.4 million by 2040.

2017 ACS data. Poverty data shows that in NYC the poverty rate for people over age 65 is 16.2 percent, and across NYC boroughs the rate ranges from 11.8 percent in Staten Island to 28 percent in the Bronx.

The budget is bad for what it includes but also for what it doesn’t include: for example….

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President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal Would Cut �DYCD’s Federal Funding by 60% ($36 million)��Would follow a 58% inflation-adjusted decline ($45 million) since FY 2010

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Federal Grant	Pres. Trump’s FY20 Proposal (% Change)	Pres. Trump's FY20 Proposal ($ Change)	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted % Change	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted $ Change
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)	100%	$(7,520)	-45%	$(102,000)
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)	100%	$(28,577)	-14%	$(5,000)

FPWA analysis of NYC CAFR and OMB data, and Congressional Budget Justifications. The inflation-adjusted changes to SSBG and CSBG reflect city-wide totals, as these grants support multiple agencies

DYCD’s FY19 Adopted Budget is more than $872 million, of which seven percent ($61 million) comes from the federal government through seven individual grants

Trump’s budget proposal to grants that support anti-poverty initiatives through community development and youth workforce training comes at a time when city-wide poverty is well above the national rate (varying widely by borough) and unemployment rates for youth ages 20 to 24 years old remains stuck at pre-recession levels.

The budget is bad for what it includes but also for what it doesn’t include: for example, while not slated for cuts, the budget also fails to invest in critical support for DYCD, such as the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act’s Youth Activities grants, which have fallen by $46 million (64 percent) since FY 2010.

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�President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal Would Cut �DSS’s Federal Funding by 16% ($249 million)��Would follow a 14% inflation-adjusted decline ($211 million) since FY 2010

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Federal Grant	Pres. Trump’s FY20 Proposal (% Change)	Pres. Trump's FY20 Proposal ($ Change)	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted % Change	FY10 - FY18 Inflation Adjusted $ Change
Comm. Economic Devp. & Rural Comm. Facilities Programs (RCDI)	100%	$(19,425)	-71%	$(24,000)
Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)	100%	$(47,317)	-12%	$(27,000)
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)	100%	$(23,200)	-38%	$(26,000)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)	16%	$(5,644)	-16%	$(10,000)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)	16%	$(160,831)	45%	$550,000

FPWA analysis of NYC CAFR and OMB data, and Congressional Budget Justifications. Table does not equal total sum of cuts to DSS’s federal grants; 4 additional grants are slated for increases/decreases of 5 percent or less for a net agency cut of $249 million (see appendix for all proposals to DSS’s grants). The inflation-adjusted changes to SSBG, HOPWA, and TANF reflect city-wide totals, as these grants support multiple agencies

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�President Trump's FY 2020 Budget Would Cut the Federal Grants that Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. Relies on by �42%, a $2.5 Million Cut

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FPWA analysis of FFIS and CPC FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

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Ningxi Pan came to the US in 2016 knowing very little English and was placed in the 9th grade two years older than most of her classmates. The age and language gap made assimilation challenging. By joining CPC’s LEAD program at the High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies, Ningxi was able to improve her language ability, explore NYC, and significantly improve her grades, including earning high marks on the Geometry and Global History Regents exams. The LEAD program provides academic, cultural, and recreational programming for youth, and is supported by the CSBG.

Why Federal Grants Matter

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CSBG grants have fallen by $5 million (14%) since FY10 (adjusted for inflation)

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

In FY17, 13 FPWA member organizations relied on $3 million of CSBG funding

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�President Trump's FY 2020 Budget Would Cut the Federal Grants that Carter Burden Network Relies on by �49%, a $455 Thousand Cut�

FPWA analysis of FFIS and Carter Burden’s FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

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Mrs. C. is an older adult whose abusive son and mentally ill daughter-in-law were living with her and exploiting her financially. She was unable to evict them through the courts, so she requested the assistance of Carter Burden Network’s Community Elder Mistreatment & Abuse Prevention Program (CEMAPP). The social worker successfully submitted a petition to evict both abusers. In FY17, Carter’s CEMAPP program – funded by SSBG –provided services to nearly 1,000 older adults who could not legally represent themselves against abusers without financial assistance and the help of an advocate.

Why Federal Grants Matter

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SSBG grants have fallen by $27 million (12%) since FY10 (adjusted for inflation)

Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)

In FY 2017, 17 FPWA members relied on $5 million of SSBG funding

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Following the 2016 election, our members – many of whom rely on federal funding – expressed grave concern about the impact of federal fiscal policies on their communities and sector and interest in navigating threats and gaining a deeper understating of federal funding stream.

In response, we created the FPWA Federal Funds Tracker to foster greater awareness of and engagement in the federal budget process through data, storytelling, and action.

www.federalfundstracker.org

Why Did FPWA Build the Federal Funds Tracker?

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Some of you have seen and maybe even used it, but a quick intro for those who have not. The Tracker was built in response to concerns surround federal fiscal policy that were expressed by member agencies following the 2016 election:

The Tracker visualizes trends and monitors federal grants that support the budgets of the City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), Department for the Aging (DFTA), and Department of Social Services (DSS). The nearly 40 federal grants that support these agencies represented 38 percent ($2.9 billion) of the City’s total federal grants in FY 2018.

In each agency’s portal, we visualizes trends, bring the data to life by sharing stories from our members about the way in which federal support positively impacted the communities they serve, and we visualize current federal funding by agency and by an agency’s budget function (or program area)

In the all federal page, we visualize federal grants by spending category, such as housing, transportation, and the environment.

As Gaurav will demonstrate in a few minutes, the data FPWA collected, organized, and analyzed over the past two years is available on the website along with other tools that we hope will empower individuals and policymakers to better advocate on behalf of their communities.

Finally, to bring it all together and create an actionable resource, our take action page – which we’ll also discuss a bit more towards the end of the morning – removes barriers to federal budget advocacy by making it easy for users to contact their NYC-area Member of Congress directly from the website

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FPWA Federal Funds Tracker, Open Data Portal

www.federalfundstracker.org

Demonstration: Analyzing Impact Using Open Data Features

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The Tracker Fulfills the Promise of Open Data

Open data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents, or other mechanisms of control

The data FPWA collected, organized, and analyzed over the past two years is made available for everyone. We hope these tools will complement efforts by advocates, policymakers, and researchers to advocate on behalf of their communities

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FPWA’s Open Data

The data FPWA makes available allows users to:

Access historical federal grant data (FY 2010 to FY 2018)
Adjust for inflation to analyze the real value of historical data
Access current federal grant data by agency and program area within an agency for ACS, DYCD, DFTA, and DSS

Apply percentage cuts from President Trump’s FY2020 budget proposal to the grants they care about.

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�Demonstration: Analyzing Impact of Federal Budgets �on NYC’s Nonprofits��

Objective: Build two charts to analyze President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget Proposal impact on Chinese American Planning Council’s (CPC) federal grants

Background Info:

In FY 2018 federal grants, CPC relied on 11 federal grants
Trump’s FY 2020 budget proposal would cut CPC’s federal grants by 44 percent ($2.5 million)
Slated for elimination are Community Services Bock Grant (CSBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

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Federal Grants that Supported CPC in FY 2018

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FPWA analysis of FFIS and CPC FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), 33%

Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), 7%

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), 5%

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�President Trump's FY 2020 Budget Would Cut the Federal Grants that Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. Relies on by �42%, a $2.5 Million Cut

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FPWA analysis of FFIS and CPC FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

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Putting it Together� Impact of Trump’s FY20 Budget on CPC

Sum of federal grants that CPC relied upon in FY18 ($5.9 Million)

$3.4 Million

$-2.5 Million, or 42% Cut

FPWA analysis of FFIS and CPC FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

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In Many Cases, Trump’s Budget Cuts Amount to Cuts on Top of Already Woefully Underfunded Programs that Support CPC’s Mission�Inflated Adjusted Changes, FY10 – FY17, $ in thousands

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FPWA analysis of FFIS and CPC FY18 audit data. Because audits run a year behind, our analysis examines FY20 proposals on an agency’s FY18 federal grants.

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TAKE ACTION: What Can You Do Now?

Broadly, we urge Congress and the White House to reach a new budget agreement that not only reverses course on the planned sequestration cuts but also increases support for the woefully underfunded programs that serve low-to middle-income families in New York City. TAKE ACTION – EMAIL YOUR MoC

Investing in these programs and our country’s future will require the full repeal of the $2 trillion Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA). TAKE ACTION – SIGN THE PETITION

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Q&A

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