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COALITION AGAINST POVERTY Action Alert Kick-Off Event for our 2007 Campaigns for Economic & Social Justice at 3 Main Street, Brockton (Office of Community Connections of Brockton) Health Care Reform: • Reduce premiums for people that qualify for subsidized health care so struggling families and individuals can afford them. • Increase the standard of employer coverage, requiring employers to cover half their workers and pay half their insurance cost or be required to pay a $295 per worker assessment. Affordable Housing: • Increase funding for Mass rental vouchers to address the housing crisis • Pass a new housing bond bill to fund construction of new affordable housing and to renovate state-funded public housing Reforming the CORI System: • Reduce discrimination against people with criminal records and against people who have had interactions with the criminal justice system but have never been found guilty of a crime. Protecting the Welfare Safety Net: • Establish a state welfare program to protect families with major barriers to employment - disabled parents, parents with children under 2, people caring for disabled family members. Education: • Improve the Brockton Public Schools. Organizing at the local level to increase equity in education. • MCAS. Provide alternative assessments to satisfy graduation requirements for students who fail to pass MCAS, and increase state funding for MCAS tutoring programs English as Second Language Programs: • Increase state funding for English as Second Language programs, making it possible for people on the waiting lists to get the services they need. Reducing Exposure to Toxic Chemicals • Require the replacement of toxic household products with safe alternatives. |