2008-2009 House General Appropriations Act AUTISM PROGRAM

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ACE Chair Shapiro wrote: For your information and sharing. ---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:12 AMSubject: 2008-2009 House General Appropriations Act AUTISM PROGRAMTo: Muñoz Dear Constituents, I want to let you know that this year the Governor's Recommended Budget for 2008-09 continued the current funding for the centers at $7.518 million. Unfortunately the 2008-2009 House General Appropriations Act came in below at about $500,000 less. The Senate's was worse with more than $600,000 less. FLORIDA SENATE - 2008 (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL)

SPB 7080 FOR CONSIDERATION BY COMM. ON EDUCATION PRE-K-12 APPROPRIATINS SECTION 2 - EDUCATION (ALL OTHER FUNDS) 100 SPECIAL CATEGORIES GRANTS AND AIDS – AUTISM PROGRAM FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,849,194 Funds provided in Specific Appropriation 100 shall be allocated as follows: University

of South Florida/Florida Mental Health Institute. 1,201,265 University of Florida (College of Medicine)................. 833,023 University of Central Florida............................... 1,028,715 University of Miami (Department of Pediatrics) including $270,806 for activities in Broward County through Nova Southeastern University..................1,302,030 Florida Atlantic University................................. 651,484 University of Florida (ville)........................ 868,099 Florida State University (College of Communications)........ 964,578 Summaries of achievements for the prior fiscal year shall be submitted to the Department of Education by September 1, 2008. None of the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 100 for the Autism Program shall be used to pay indirect cost. _____________________________________________ 2008-2009 House General Appropriations Act House Filed Appropriations Bills HB 5001e1 - General

Appropriations Act 100 SPECIAL CATEGORIES GRANTS AND AIDS - AUTISM PROGRAM FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,036,843 Funds provided in Specific Appropriation 100 shall be allocated as follows: University of South Florida/Florida Mental Health Institute…… 1,234,176 University of Florida (College of Medicine)....... 855,846 University of Central Florida...........................1,056,899 University of Miami (Department of Pediatrics) including

$278,225 for activities in Broward County through Nova Southeastern University...................1,337,701 Florida Atlantic University............................. 669,334 University of Florida (ville).................... 891,882 Florida State University (College of Communications).... 991,005 Summaries of achievements for the prior fiscal year shall be submitted to the Department of Education by September 1, 2008. None of the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 100 for the Autism Program shall be used to pay indirect cost. Please contact (call their offices and follow up with email) the legislators below. I know there is a lot of them but they sit in various committees that must hear from us. Let them know that the Centers for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) are organizations that effectively utilize public resources to assist families throughout the state of Florida with children coping with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related disabilities. This year the 7 CARD locations have provide support for more than 16,681 constituents with autism and related disabilities, as well as thousands of parents, family members, and professionals in all 67 counties in the state. That is over 3,000 more than last year. The centers have taken a 4% cut from their $7,518,000, which forced them to eliminate

all travel for April, May and June (including home, school and community visits) ,as well as cutting down on postage, copy costs, telephone charges and other expenditures. These cuts are hurting our children and decreasing the cost effective potential to the state. If possible personalize it and explain how your child and the state have and will benefit (successful education, integration, etc) from the direct intervention by CARD. Also please tell them that the Governor's Recommended Budget for 2008-09 continued the current funding for the centers at $7.518 million,

and forward the email below, from the Executive Office of the Governor. Thank you for your support in this matter. Time is of the essence. Respectfully, Carmen L. Zaldivar UM-NSU CARD Constituency Board Legislative Chair Senate 1. Senator R. Wise ® wise.stephen.web@... Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. s counties 2. Senator Siplin (D) siplin.gary.web@... Orange and Osceola 3. Senator Larcenia J. Bullard (D) bullard.larcenia.web@... Monroe,

Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach 4. Senator Lee Constantine ® constantine.lee.web@ flsenate.gov Orange, Seminole 5. Senator a Dockery ® dockery.paula.web@... Hernando, Lake, Osceola, Polk, and Sumter 6. Senator Rudy ®

garcia.rudy.web@... Miami 7. Senator JD ® alexander.jd.web@... Hardee, Highlands, DeSoto, Glades, Okeechobee, Polk, and St. Lucie 8. Senator Carlton ®

carlton.lisa.web@... Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota counties 9. Senator Mike Fasano ® fasano.mike.web@... Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, and Pinellas counties 10. Senator Gwen Margolis (D) margolis.gwen.web@... Broward, and Miami-Dade counties House · Ambler, C. ® kevin.ambler@... , · Ausley, Loranne (D) loranne.ausley@... , · Bean, P. ® aaron.bean@... , · Bogdanoff, Ellyn Setnor ® Ellyn.Bogdanoff@... , · Bowen, Marsha L. ® marsha.bowe@... , · Brandenburg, (D) mary.brandenburg@... ,

· Brown, D. ® donald.brown@... , · Cannon, Dean ® dean.cannon@... , · Representative Coley marti.coley@... , · Cusack, Joyce (D) joyse.cusack@... · Representative anitere.flores@... , · Galvano, Bill ® bill.galvano@... · Gardiner, Andy ® andy.gardiner@... , · Representative A Gibson audrey.gibson@... , · Representative Gibbons joe.gibbons@... , · Grant, J. ® .grant@... · Hasner, Adam ® adam.hasner@... · Kendrick, Will S. ® will.kendrick@... · Kravitz, Dick ® dick.kravitz@... · Mayfield, Stan ® stan.mayfield@... · Meadows, J. (D) matt.meadows@... ·

Representative Patronis jimmy.patronis@... , · Pickens, Joe H. ® joe.pickens@... · Representative Porth ari.porth@... , · Representative Precourt steve.precourt@... , · Reagan, Ron

® ron.reagan@... · , Curtis B. (D) curtis.richardson@... · , ® david.rivera@... · Roberson, Yolly (D) yolly.roberson@... · Ross, Dennis A. ® dennis.ross@... , · Sansom, Ray ® ray.sansom@... · Saunders, Ron (D) ron.saunders@... · , Priscilla (D) priscilla.taylor@... · Traviesa, Trey ® .traviesa@...

· Troutman, Baxter G. ® Baxter.troutman@... · Vana, (D) shelley.vana@... · Representative Weatherford will.weatherford@... , Zapata, C. ® juan.zapata@... ( 850) 488-9550, *If you would like to be added to our email list or if you would like to be removed from our email list, please send an email to: jamunoz@... UM-NSU CARD is a state-funded resource and support program

dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism and related disabilities including deaf-blindness and pervasive developmental disorders. UM-NSU CARD does not endorse specific programs or points of view presented in this email.-- ACE Chair

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