President Bush has recently issued his proposed budget for 2007, in which he calls for the elimination of 91 programs and significant reductions in an additional 50 programs. A complete listing of these proposals, including brief descriptions of the programs impacted has been published in a report titled "Major Savings and Reforms in the President's 2007 Budget. The full report is available on line athttp://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/pdf/savings.pdf.
The following information on programs of interest to people who have disabilities is extracted from that report. The dollar amounts given for each program is the difference from the 2006 budget, which the President has just signed. Several of these programs have already had significant reductions from 2005 funding levels in that 2006 budget.
Programs Proposed for Elimination:
Community Supplemental Food Program -$107M
High Cost Energy Grants -$26M
Mental Health Integration in Schools -$5M
Higher Education Demos for Students with Disabilities -$7M
Small Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
Supported Employment -$30M
Projects with Industry -$20M
VR Recreational Programs -$3M
VR Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers -$2M
Medicaid Real Choices Systems Change Grants -$25M
Community Services Block Grants -$630M
HUD HOPE IV (low income housing) -$196M
Department of Labor Work Incentives Grants -$180M
Programs Proposed for Significant Reductions:
Weatherization Assistance Program: (From $243M to $164M) -$79M
Social Services Block Grant (From $1,700M to $1,200M) -$500M
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs of National Significance (From $851M to $780M) -$71M
Public Housing Capital Fund (From $2,439 to $2,178) -$261M
State Job Training Grants Consolidation (From $3,933M to $3,413M) -$514M
Office of Disability Employment Policy (From $28M to $20M) -$8M
