Show Single Parents Must Act Soon Jo Io Prevent Welfare Cuts r by Linda Fabert If you ar are one of the many single parents juggling children and homework and receiving monthly grants from the Utah State Department of of Social Services you may mayor or may not have heard or read about the impending cuts in Welfare grants that will take effect in December The following reprinted courtesy of Utah Issues is a brief outline of what the proposed cuts may reduce your monthly grant to Monthly Grants Family Size Currently Reduced 1 2052 2 2 2 OV h 2853 3 3 4 5 q 6 Unless the Legislature agrees to add funds to the state budget and General Assistance grants will be reduced Action on your part is required to try to stop the proposed cuts What can you do 1 Call your legislators the legislative leadership and the Social Services Health Appropriations Subcommittee Social Services Health Appropriations Subcommittee Co-Chairs Co Senator John lohn Holmgren and Representative Ervin Eryin Exe Executive Appropriations Chairs Co-Chairs Senator L Lyle le Hillyard arid and rid Representative u I Franklin Knowlton Senate Phone 1035 House Phone 1029 2 Write a one p page ge letter describing what hat a cut in your welfare gr grant t would mean to you and your children Include the following information Dear Legislator My current grant is I have children who depend on me rne for support i pay for rent and utilities each month Talk about your efforts to tObe be sufficient self-sufficient or get off welfare Let them know if a grant cut would hurt your efforts to a provide for your childrens children's needs or b become self self-s self Limit Umit your comments to one page they may not want to read more more J than one page Sign your name Include your mailing address and phone number j r 3 Send your letter to Bill Walsh Walsh Utah Issues East South Salt Lake City UT Utah Issues will provide copies of fetters to the appropriate legislative leadership If you have questions call Utah Issues at 2035 or 1 Its It's tough enough for you as single parents to raise your children on the grants you are presently receiving Let your your legislators legislators' hear from you Youcan Youcan You You- can make a difference I J v rd |