The 2022 Legislative Session starts TODAY 🏁
Last session your calls, e-mails, testimony, and virtual support led to some big legislative wins to support working families across the state. This year is a shorter session – only 60 days! – that will run until mid-March. Join us to keep building momentum for more big wins this year!
This session we are working on:
• Meeting Basic Needs
• Providing Cash Assistance
• Expanding Dental Care Access
• Strengthening Safety & Civil Rights
• Removing Barriers to Re-entry
View our full Policy Agenda, complete with beautiful illustrations by Ana Vonhuben! [link removed]
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Last day to register for MLK Lobby Day is Wednesday, January 12!
Our annual MLK Lobby Day is next Monday January 17, register now for the link to join online: [link removed]
This session is already off to a promising start with some big investments proposed by Governor Inslee!
This session, the legislature will vote on a budget for state spending for the remainder of the 2021-2023 biennium. Governor Inslee released his supplemental budget proposal in December with some big investments:
• Over $800 million for homelessness response and housing stability 👀
• More than $248 million toward poverty reduction 🎉
• Extending access to cash assistance for children whose parents or caregivers don’t meet TANF qualifications
• Community outreach to boost access to the Working Families Tax Credit available starting 2023
Read our analysis of the Governor’s supplemental budget proposal: [link removed]
Join us this session in calling on our state lawmakers to build on these investments and support low-income residents of color in Washington by:
• Permanently increasing racial equity in access to the TANF cash grant through broad hardship extensions
• Reducing funding for prisons and policing to invest in basic needs and economic security
More on the Governor’s budget from our friends at the Budget & Policy Center: [link removed]
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