As Your State Representative...
Keeping the public safe
· Expanded hands-on training for police
· Addressed laboratory and case backlogs
· Expanded use of GPS monitoring
· Toughened penalties for vehicle thefts
· Created more crisis training for our police
· Funded state and local task forces to address gun violence and auto thefts
Responded to Juvenile Crime, Auto Thefts and Pandemic-related Crime Diversion
· Invested in Youth Service Bureaus and Juvenile Review Boards
· Increased work opportunities for young adults
· Expanded alternatives to incarceration
Serving those who serve us
· Guaranteed CT veterans in-state tuition rates
· Adopted higher fire department equipment standards, collected better data on the prevalence of cancer among firefighters, and secured more local funding for firefighters who leave service with cancer diagnosis
· Provided funding to local volunteer fire departments who respond to emergencies on certain state highways
· Established a new, local-option property tax exemption equal to 10% of home values for more veterans
Education and Early Childhood Initiatives
· Increased funding for infant and toddler care programs
· Increased pay to childcare workers to attract and retain more educators
· Expanded successful Birth to Three Program
· Approved state child tax payment
· Ensured teachers get an uninterrupted 30 minutes for lunch
· Expanded scholarships for minority teachers
Leading our kids past the pandemic and to promising futures
· Provided grants to local schools to hire more support staff, with an emphasis on mental health; social workers, psychologists, and counselors
· Funded the expansions of school-based health centers and the services they provide
· Created new walk-ins for mental health emergencies
· Initiated new position at the Healthcare Advocate to help families navigate care for children and adolescents
· Expanded 24/7 emergency mental health response
· Established state oversight and coordination of state response to kids’ mental health needs
· Helped school-based health centers develop new mental health programming
· Provided mental health training to parents, students and pediatricians
Fighting Climate Change & Protecting CT’s Environment
· Created a public health reporting system for homeowners who have an abundance of salt in their drinking water
· Set a goal of reaching zero greenhouse gas emissions from electricity supplied to you by 2040
· Expanded financing to develop zero emission vehicle infrastructure, build more solar power and fuel cells, and reinforce our electric grid against the effects of climate change
· Expanded eligibility for participation in the state’s brownfield remediation program to include companies who lease a property with an intent to own
· Expanded sophisticated testing of shellfish
· Invested in repopulating native salmon and eel populations
· Explored new waste management programming
· Created new incentives for consumer and commercial electric vehicles
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