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		<title>Join Us for a &#8220;State of the 99%&#8221; Rally in Sacramento!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your support of our rallies that took place earlier this week in Fresno, San Francisco, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles.  Together, we raised a strong and powerful voice against Governor Brown’s $2.5 billion in cuts to health and human services in the new budget.
We had such a strong response to our rallies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2012/01/14/join-us-for-a-state-of-the-99-rally-in-sacramento/</link>
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		<title>Brown’s New Budget Cuts $2.5 Billion from HHS, Doesn’t Provide for the Needs of the 99%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, Governor Brown released his 2012-2013 CA Budget ahead of schedule yesterday.  The budget included severe cuts to Health and Human Services in CA – nearly $2.5 billion total.
We are appalled that Governor Brown’s solution to California’s budget crisis is $2.5 billion in cuts to essential health and human services. Since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2012/01/07/brown%e2%80%99s-new-budget-cuts-2-5-billion-from-hhs-doesn%e2%80%99t-provide-for-the-needs-of-the-99/</link>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before we move into the New Year, we want to take a moment to thank everyone in the Network for your hard work in 2011, and fill you in on everything that&#8217;s happened across the state in the last two weeks. With recent cuts announced by the Governor, we&#8217;re deeply concerned about the Golden State&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/12/23/thank-you/</link>
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		<title>Announcing Our Statewide Day of Action!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll see you in the new year with a Statewide Day of Action on January 10, 2012 with press conferences and rallies in four cities across the Golden State! With the Governor&#8217;s early release of the budget, and with our social safety net in the balance, we&#8217;re organizing now so we can make our voices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/12/20/announcing-our-statewide-day-of-action/</link>
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		<title>CA to Cut $1 Billion from Social Safety Net and Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Governor announced that almost $1 billion in trigger cuts to health and human services and education will take place.  We know that you – as an advocate for health and human services – will have many questions about how these cuts will affect the people you serve and how and when they will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/12/14/ca-to-cut-1-billion-from-social-safety-net-and-education/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Rallies on Trigger Cuts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may recall, in mid-December the State is set to announce if the California will cut up to $2.5 billion from health and human services and education programs.
From December 9th to December 15th, health and human service allies like you are coming together for five rallies across California against these impending trigger cuts.
At the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/12/05/upcoming-rallies-on-trigger-cuts/</link>
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		<title>CA Budget Update: Revenue Initiatives are Rolling In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have already heard that Governor Brown is expected to announce a multibillion dollar revenue initiative tomorrow, one in a wave of revenue solutions that have been discussed for next year’s ballot. We are pleased to see so many new revenue solutions at the center of the CA budget discussion.
We thought we’d give you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/12/02/ca-budget-update-revenue-initiatives-are-rolling-in/</link>
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		<title>Super Committee Developments: What Do They Mean And What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Allies,
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and communities.  Now that we’re back, we want to update you on last week’s Super Committee developments.
You may have already heard the news that the Congressional Super Committee charged with reducing the national debt by $1.2 trillion did not reach a compromise agreement. 
While [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/11/29/super-committee-developments-what-does-they-mean-and-whats-next/</link>
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		<title>Revenue Solutions for the National Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week brought news that the Congressional Super Committee charged with reducing the national debt by $1.2 trillion did not reach a compromise agreement.
While reducing our federal debt is an admirable goal, we were deeply concerned during this process that the Super Committee would achieve their objective by slashing social service programs.  As you well know, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/11/29/revenue-solutions-for-the-national-budget/</link>
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		<title>Good News for Adult Day Health Care</title>
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We&#8217;re glad to share good news with you today! We learned late last  week that the December 1st elimination of Adult Day Health Care will be postponed to February 29, 2012.  In the meantime, a replacement program will be created to provide similar services.
As you may know, Adult Day Health Care is a program that provides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hhsnetworkca.org/blog/2011/11/21/good-news-for-adult-day-health-care/</link>
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