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May 2019 Newsletter: WIOA and its Importance to Columbus

WIOA, a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce I want to cover the WIOA program. WIOA is a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce; while affording employers the opportunity […]

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Seniors are Top Priority for 2018 Legislation

In any city, county or municipality there are only two vulnerable populations; the very young and the very old. Fortunately, consistently there has been adequate funding nationally to meet the needs of our children; however, unfortunately, adequate funding nationally to meet the needs of  our aging population has decreased. In the legislative agenda, I requested […]

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EVENT November 3: Join Us to Fight for Senior Citizens’ Programs

In August of this year, I wrote this article because of my concern for the ongoing erosion of benefits for Seniors. Each year at the Federal and State level, Senior Advocate organizations have to lobby to retain the funding for the benefits Senior Citizens need each year. I spoke to Ms. Katie Howard, Director of the […]

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Take Action for State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP)

In any City, Municipality or County there are only two vulnerable populations: the very young and the very old. Fortunately, there are sufficient programs nationally to provide for the needs of our precious young children; unfortunately, funding for our senior citizens is being drastically slashed at both the federal and state levels. Currently Congress will […]

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April 2017 Newsletter 

The REACH program Because of the times in which she was born, my grandmother who raised us, never had the opportunity to get an education, and she always stressed to my sisters, brothers and me the importance of getting a college or university education. We were extremely poor, however there was never any doubt that […]

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Drastic Cuts to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs

In any City, Municipality or County there are only two vulnerable populations: the very young and the very old. Fortunately, there are sufficient programs nationally to provide for the needs of our precious young children; unfortunately, funding for our senior citizens is being drastically slashed at both the federal and state levels. Recently, the Senate voted to stop […]

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March Newsletter 2016

Please read my newsletter for March 2016. What’s Happening In District 1 WIA, a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce In this issue of my newsletter, I want to cover the WIA program. WIA is a federally funded  program designed to assist, prepare, […]

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February Newsletter 2016

Please read my newsletter for February 2016. What’s Happening In District 1 ColumbusMakesIt partners with Chattahoochee Valley to create Hub for science, technology, engineering, and math fields   What is ColumbusMakesIt? According to Mr. Frank Braski  it is a ”Market place where art, technology,and good old fashioned trade skills intersect and create educational and economic opportunities for individuals […]

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