Federal Policy Advocacy

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Federal Issues Factsheet Series:

RPE Appropriation Update:

We were alarmed on Wednesday June 26 when the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee in Congress released its FY 25 spending bill eliminating the entire CDC Injury Center, including the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program.

On Wednesday, July 10, the full House Appropriations committee will markup (consider and vote on) that bill

What You Can Do:

We need your advocacy today! Call and email the members of the House Appropriations Committee using the template below:

“[Organization Name] is writing to ask you to oppose the proposed $1.8 billion in cuts in the House FY 2025 Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These cuts, which would slash the CDC’s funding by 22%, include the elimination of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center).

This cut would eliminate the Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE) and DELTA domestic violence prevention grants.

RPE has benefited from broad bipartisan support since this program was first authorized in the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. RPE provides the backbone of sexual violence prevention in our country. DELTA is the only dedicated federal funding source for the primary prevention of domestic violence. Eliminating these programs will have devastating impacts on states, communities, young people, families, rape crisis centers, and survivors. [Speak to state/local impacts.] 

We join the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the Safe States Alliance, and many other organizations in asking you to provide robust FY 25 funding for RPE, DELTA the Injury Center. For more information please see this RPE fact sheet.”

Contact Information & A Note on Appropriations (updated 7/8/2024)

Find contact information for members of the House Appropriations Committee here. Please contact as many members as you can!

There is still a long way to go before final decisions are made regarding the federal budget for FY 2025. The Senate has yet to release its bills, and the House and Senate will eventually have to agree to a path forward so there is still hope and many steps left in the process. We expect a continuing resolution in September to last past the election. Together, we will do everything we can to see RPE restored in the final FY 25 budget!

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