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Budget/Appropriations

1. Advocated for FY22 funding in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related agencies appropriations bill for the Reentry Employment Opportunities program in the Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration. 2. Advocated for FY22 funding in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related agencies appropriations bill for the Second Chance Act program in the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. 3. Advocated for Build Back Better reconciliation package funding for reentry and employment, training, and workforce development services for individuals with criminal legal histories.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Office of Justice Program · Bureau of Justice Assistance · Employment & Training Administration

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

1. Advocated for S. 1534/H.R. 3141, sponsored by Senators Rob Portman and Gary Peters and Reps. Danny K. Davis and Bill Johnson respectively, to codify the Reentry Employment Opportunities program at the Department of Labor within the Employment & Training Administration. 2. Advocated for the "Medicaid Reentry Act", H.R. 1329, sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko along with a Senate companion bill sponsored by Senators Tammy Baldwin, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Mike Braun, which would provide access to Medicaid coverage for eligible incarcerated individuals for 30 days before their release from incarceration and reentry into the community.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Labor, Dept of (DOL)