CAN Initiatives

Inform Network of Local Impact and Response to State and Federal Budget Cuts

Intergovernmental Public Policy Committee

The IPPC is composed of CAN partner legislative/government relations staff who work together to identify and enhance awareness of the impacts of state and federal budget cuts and the community's response to these cuts. The group currently meets on a quarterly basis.

General Information

• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA Five County Dashboard Comparison
  Community Action Network
• Comparative Overview of Dashboard Indicators for Counties in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA (PowerPoint)
  Community Action Network
• Impact of State Budget Cuts
  Community Action Network
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts to Travis County Government
  Travis County
• Service Impact of 2012–13 State Budget Cuts on Low–Income Travis County Residents
  One Voice Austin and HHSD Staff
• Summary of Conference Committee Report on House Bill 1
  Legislative Budget Board

Community Justice

• Impacts to Reentry
  Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Community Justice and Public Safety in Austin/Travis County
  Austin/Travis County Community Justice Council
• State Budget (for the 2012‐13 Biennium): Fiscal Impact on Counties
  Texas Association of Counties, County Information Project (CIP)

Education

• Final Update on Texas Legislature (Regular session) – Relating to Child Care
• Impacts to AISD Resulting from State Budget Cuts
  Austin Independent School District
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Early Childhood Education and Care in Austin/Travis County
  Success by Six/United Way Capital Area
• Statewide Impact on Education of SB1
• Strategies and Impacts to Financial Aid to Pay for College
  Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)

Economic and Workforce Development

• Economic Development Update
  Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

Health & Human Services / Behavioral Health

• Anticipated Impact of Proposed State Cuts
  One Voice Central Texas
• Local Impact of Budget Cuts Overview
  Austin Travis County Integral Care
• Local Impact of Funding Cuts in HB1 – 82nd Regular Legislative Session
  Travis County
• Local Impacts on Mental Health, Substance Use/Abuse and Developmental Disabilities
  Austin Travis County Integral Care
  Austin Recovery Center
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Medicaid, CHIP and Other Health Care Programs
  Central Health
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Public Health in Austin/Travis County
  Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department

Housing

• Federal Budget Impact: City of Austin Housing and Community Development Office
  City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development
• Impacts of Proposed Budget Cuts in Austin
  Texas Homeless Housing and Services Program (HHSP)
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Housing
  City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development
  

Vulnerable Populations

• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Early Childhood Education and Care in Austin/Travis County
  Success by Six/United Way Capital Area
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
  Aging Services Council
  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Coalition
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts to One Voice Nonprofits
  One Voice Central Texas
• A Session Recap on the Bottom Line: Children and the 82nd Texas Legislature
  Texans Care for Children

Transportation

• Legislation Enacted by the 82nd Legislature
  Texas Transportation Commission
• Local Impacts of State Budget Cuts on Basic Need of Public Transportation
  Capital Metro
• State Budget (for the 2012‐13 Biennium): Fiscal Impact on Counties
  Texas Association of Counties, County Information Project (CIP)

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