TRC News & Views, Volume 4, Number 6, June 1982 Page: FRONT COVER
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TEXAS REHABILITATION COMMISSION
Vol. 4, No. 6 Austin, Texas June, 1982Michel-Latta Defeated,
House Starts 0
Vocational rehabilitation
agencies heaved a collective
sigh of relief on May 28 upon
learning that the U.S. House
of Representatives voted down
a budget proposal that, if
passed by the entire Congress,
would have rescinded $91.1
million from the vocational
rehabilitation program budget.
The Michel-Latta proposal,
which took the rehabilitation
community by surprise when
it was introduced earlier in
the week, would have, in
effect, made the rescission
retroactive to FY 1982. If
that had happened, the $91.1
million loss (nationwide) would
have been absorbed in the
final quarter of the current
fiscal year.
Many vocational rehabilita-
tion agencies would have had
to shut their doors if the
proposal had passed. In
Texas, The Texas Rehabilita-
tion Commission would prob-
ably have been able to oper-
ate with a dramatic decrease
in services.
The Michel-Latta proposal
came as a tremendous sur-
prise to the vocational reha-
bilitation program. Only one
month before, the Reagan
Administration's proposal for
an identical rescission was
declared "null and void" after
Congress refused to act on
the measure. With the defeat
of the proposal, the rehabili-
tation community had assumedver on Budget
the funding situation for the
remainder of the fiscal year
was settled.
Within hours of receiving
an alert about the Michel-
Latta proposal, Texas advo-
cates had organized an im-
pressive telephone network.
The thousands of telephone
calls and mailgrams received
in Congress members' offices
are credited, to a large
degree, to the sound defeat
of the proposal.
Aside from Michel-Latta,
the House defeated the only
other two budget proposals
before it. One of them, the
Jones proposal, was the rec-
ommendation sent to the full
House by its Appropriations
Committee. Under the pro-
posal, vocational rehabilitation
was recommended to receive
an 8% increase in Section 110
funds.
Members of the House are
expected to work on a new
budget recommendation during
the week of June 7, following
the Memorial Day recess.
Observers say it is likely that
whatever proposal the House
finally endorses will have to
be reconciled with the
Senate's recommendation in a
reconciliation conference
committee.
The Senate, which has
already agreed upon a budget
recommendation, has proposed
an eight percent increase for
vocational rehabilitation.iI
Juanita Barton, a
curandero from Brownsville,
was one of many interesting
speakers to address the recent
National Rehabilitation Con-
ference on Farmworkers in
McAllen. Barton, who be-
lieves she can heal people
with psychic power, demon-
strated her practice before an
audience interested in learning
more about the rehabilitation
needs of migrant workers.
Participants learned that the
influence of curanderos is
important for rehabilitation
workers to understand because
they are an important part of
many migrant workers' health
care routines. The confer-
ence, sponsored by TRC, the
Governor's Office for Migrant
Advocacy and the Texas
Commission for the Blind,
attracted 150 participants,
some from as far away as
Wisconsin, California and
Florida.
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