Across the country, Americans--from school principals and youth advocates to the mayor of Boston and a Seattle police chief--are registering their concern about President Bush's proposed 40% budget cut to the federal afterschool program. The cut would slash funding by $400 million and would deny afterschool programs to 571,000 children.

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	Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr.
	Op-ed, The State, Columbia, SC
	PTA president at Chandler Creek Elementary, SC
	Editorial, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
	Dakota County Attorney, Minnesota
	Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
	National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations
	Letter to the Editor, Queens, NY
	James Carville, CNN Crossfire
	Citizens for Missouri's Children
	Op-ed, Reno Gazette-Journal
	Richard W. Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education
	National Institute for Out-of-School Time
	Congressman Dick Gephardt
	Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
	Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
	Afterschool program reviewed in federal study
	Congressman George Miller (D-CA)
	Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn
	Seattle Police Chief
	National Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals
	Single parent, Brooklyn, NY
	Children's Defense Fund
	Arnold Schwarzenegger
	Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
	The National Community Education Association
	Recreation Administrator, Milwaukee
	National Education Association
	National Association for Bilingual Education
	Rep. Juanita Head Walton, Missouri House of Representatives
	New York Times Column
	Afterschool program director, Scranton Times Tribune
	Parent with children in 21stCCLC, LA
	Afterschool program director, MO
	U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
	U. S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Congressional Black Caucus
	21st CCLC programs, West Virginia
	Youth development professional, CA
	Faith-Based Organization Call To Renewal
	Boys & Girls Clubs, FL
	American Association of School Administrators
	Community school coordinator, OR
	Community voices, The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
	The Council of Chief State School Officers
	Los Angeles County Sheriff
	The Coalition for Community Schools
	Afterschool practitioner, Austin,TX
	National Parent Teacher Association
	21stCCLC Program, ME
	Parent, Macon, GA
	Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick
	Cynthia Billings, PlusTime New Hampshire
	21stCCLC Program, OH
	The Asheville Citizen-Times
	YMCA director, MO
	Food Research and Action Center
	Family & youth advocate, WA
	Community education director, IA
	Afterschool project manager, MI
	Boston Center for Youth and Families
	Project director, WV
	Safe Base, KS
	The Association of School Business Officials
	Program at Camdenton R-II Schools, MO
	Arizona Afterschool Ambassador
	Afterschool director, AZ
	National Women's Law Center
	National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University