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Tell Congress: Untangle the Red Tape for the Kids

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Habitat for Humanity

Urge your legislator to end the bureaucratic standoff preventing the National Commission on Children and Disasters from doing its important work.

Congress created the National Commission on Children and Disasters to find out what went wrong during the response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and how our government can do a better job helping kids affected by the next disaster.

But now, the Commission's important work is stalled because of a funding technicality.

Tell your members of Congress to unravel the red tape and get this important Commission on Children and Disasters up and running before another disaster hits.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear Congressperson,

I am writing to ask you to end the bureaucratic log jam preventing the National Commission on Disasters and Children from doing its important work. For the sake of the children affected by our next national disaster, please correct the law and ensure the Department of Health and Human Services fully funds the Commission as Congress intended.

It has been three years since Hurricane Katrina displaced more than 160,000 children and their families. Congress established the Commission to review how our government helped children in the aftermath of that historic storm. Its goal is to make sure that when the next disaster strikes, we do a better job helping the most vulnerable survivors.

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3:22 pm PST, Nov 25, Natashia Ju, New York

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4:24 am PST, Nov 21, Name not displayed, Oregon

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7:53 pm PDT, Oct 21, Jackie Connolly, Michigan

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4:37 pm PDT, Oct 21, Bobbie Pariseau, Florida
Who put the red tape on the kids to begin with! That's child abuse. That's so rude!

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3:56 pm PDT, Oct 21, Viviana Rodriguez, California

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8:03 am PDT, Oct 21, Name not displayed, Arizona

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4:26 pm PDT, Oct 20, Leigha Jurasik, New Jersey
Please Help!!!

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7:31 pm PDT, Oct 19, Diana Clark, Oregon

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5:48 am PDT, Oct 16, J Ugle, South Carolina
This isnt fair to those involved. These are human beings in need of help. Thank you for your help!

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10:45 pm PDT, Oct 15, Naomi Stein, California

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9:33 pm PDT, Oct 15, Lisa Kelley-Musco, Florida

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1:18 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jennifer Ransier, Maryland
I want you to untangle the red-tape for the kids because it is not only the RIGHT thing to do but also the smart, compassionate thing to do! These chidren are our future and if you can't or won't do anything to support and help them now- when they need it most- then we are in a sadder shape then I thought!

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11:56 am PDT, Oct 15, Mary Pinckert, Washington

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