I asked Allison if the Senator was aware of the proposed state budget cut and she advised he was AND that she had just sat in on a meeting whereby this issue was on the table in discussion. Allison went on to say that there was discussion among the Senator’s that the TANF funding would be a viable solution as far as they could see IF “some” of the restrictions were lifted.

I advised her this would NOT be a viable solution eve if some of the restrictions were lifted and I began to list reasons from the GCADV website.

I asked her to please pull my email and let Senator Heath see it, so he could be completely aware of all of the issues involved with this proposed budget cut.

I didn’t know if the GCADV was aware of this latest discussion. If you were not, I wanted to make you aware because undoubtedly, the Senator’s need phone calls advising them as to WHY federal funding would not be a viable solution even if “some” of the restrictions were lifted.

Many thanks for all that you do on behalf of the victims in Georgia.

Diane Ochoa