[rehab] Urgent Action Needed!

Wed Nov 29 21:39:24 UTC 2017

Hi,

This is very serious.  I wrote to my senators yesterday.

Dick Davis

*From:* Wasif, Zunaira [mailto:Zunaira.Wasif at dbs.fldoe.org]
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 29, 2017 3:34 PM
*To:* Dick Davis; rehab at nfbnet.org
*Subject:* FW: Urgent Action Needed!

Hi there-

Happy holidays!  I wanted to show you the below email and get your valued
opinion.  How serious is this?

*From:* Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification [
mailto:susan at crccertification.ccsend.com <susan at crccertification.ccsend.com>]
*On Behalf Of *Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:12 AM
*To:* Wasif, Zunaira <Zunaira.Wasif at dbs.fldoe.org>
*Subject:* Urgent Action Needed!

Tax Bills Impact Public VR

*URGENT ACTION NEEDED!*

*PROPOSED TAX BILLS IMPACT PUBLIC *

*VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS*

The Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
has circulated information to its partners and stakeholders in the Public
Vocational (VR) Program about the impact of the Senate and House proposed
tax reforms that may be voted on as early as this *Friday, December 1st.*

CSAVR shares that, "While neither the House nor the Senate tax plans
expressly eliminate the VR program, the potential high costs projected by
the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at least in the initial years,
would, under current law, trigger something known as the Pay As You Go
(PAYGO) rules...As we understand it, when spending is greater than the
established discretionary caps and net costs for a year are negative
(thereby increasing the debt) the Office for Management and Budget (OMB) is
required to implement the sequestration of mandatory programs including the
public VR program, required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to make up
for that cost. Given the size of the proposed tax cuts ($1.5 trillion),
proposed tax reform would trigger a sequestration level so high that it
would entirely eliminate funding for mandatory programs subject to
sequestration, including again the public VR program."

*Click here
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to access a letter CSAVR sent to Senate and House leadership.  CRCC will
also weigh in with Senate and House leadership.

We urge you to take *immediate action* to contact your representatives in
the *Senate
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*and
*House
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*to
share your concerns about the impact of the proposed tax reforms on
services from the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program for individuals
with disabilities.

Cindy A. Chapman, CAE

Executive Director

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

1699 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 300

Schaumburg, IL 60173

847-944-1325

*info at crccertification.com <info at crccertification.com>*

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