"Dixon Welfare Cuts Fall Hardest on Needy, Groups Say"

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"Dixon Welfare Cuts Fall Hardest on Needy, Groups Say"

Washington Post (03/07/91), P. C5
Henderson, Nell

Abstract: AIDS patients, the homeless, the mentally ill, and needy people will be hardest hit by District of Columbia Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon's plan to cut $11.238 million in city Department of Human Services spending to help eliminate a projected $316 million deficit this year, advocates for these groups say. At a D.C. Council committee hearing on the department's budget, speakers said the short-term savings gains will drive up the long-term costs of caring for homeless, unemployed, and sick people. The proposal includes cutting AIDS spending by $770,000 despite the rising number of patients. The District had an increase of 800 AIDS cases last year and public health officials predict they will see 925 new cases this year. The Human Services department not only failed to spend $1 million budgeted for AIDS last year and had to give back $900,000 in federal money, but the city may lose up to $3 million in federal AIDS funds this year by cutting spending, said Jim Graham, adminstrator of the Whitman-Walker Clinic.

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