By Tim Jost and Sara Rosenbaum From HealthAffairs.org On June 22, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the Senate GOP’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017....
One out of eight Virginians depends on Medicaid to pay their medical bills. Medicaid also is the primary payer for behavioral health services, it covers the cost of two-thirds of nursing home residents and...
Doing “community service” is one way for people to avoid jail time or pay off court fines and fees they may owe. Congregations can help keep people out of jail or help them pay...
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s Richmond Chapter is partnering with the Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building to develop a Living Wage Certification program. This is a voluntary certification program designed to recognize...
http://www.richmond.com/news/request-for-information-on-predatory-lenders-weighed-by-supreme-court/article_666b3124-60a7-5771-a4ed-e5c0e6b598dd.html By Jay Speer Motor-vehicle title lenders made nearly $161.6 million worth of loans in Virginia in 2015, the most recent year available from the state Bureau of Financial Institutions. The average loan amount:...
A VICPP position paper on driving privileges for new Virginians: The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) supported legislation during the 2016 and 2017 General Assembly sessions to give immigrant communities access to driving...
By David Trone I tell those considering a career in business that you have to get comfortable with failure. That’s how you figure out what works and what doesn’t. To find the right way forward,...
Photo/Don Del Rosso This article is reprinted from FauquierNow.com Faces of Fauquier: Faith, politics inspire him to act By Don Del Rosso Staff Journalist The Marshall-area man has a longtime interest in the “intersection” of...
Photo by Neill Caldwell, VICPP By Travis Fain, The Daily Press Driver’s licenses suspended over outstanding court fines, something that affects more than 600,000 Virginians, should be easier to reinstate now that new laws...
A young father of two may never see his family again because of a minor traffic violation. Jose Luis Lugo Zarco was arrested in 2012 for driving without a license. Today, he has a hearing...
Churches, synagogues openly defy Trump’s immigration crackdown More than 800 houses of worship in the U.S. have volunteered to shelter illegal immigrants and their families who face deportation →CBS News Story Since President Trump...
By Jane Anderson* On May 8, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va. 1st district) issued a press release called “The Case for the American Health Act.” The AHCA is the bill congressional Republicans have passed...
The Richmond VICPP chapter is partnering with the Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building to develop a Living Wage Certification program. This is a voluntary certification program designed to recognize and promote employers that pay...
Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice in telling the Trump Administration NO to its proposed backdoor Muslim Ban. Donald Trump’s illegal Muslim Ban has been soundly knocked down by the courts twice. Now he is...
Comments Monday, May 8, from Lana Heath de Martinez, Welcoming All Coordinator at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, outside the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond as 13 judges held a...
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, joined a number of other groups on Monday outside the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. You can watch video of the protests on our Facebook page....
Event Details Join us on Monday, May 8, to rally against the Muslim ban outside of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond on the day the Fourth Circuit appellate judges...
May Day RVA: Monday, May 1, starting at 10:30 a.m., Abner Clay Park, 200 W Clay St, Richmond, 23220 The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy will kick off this year’s May Day...
Hazel to Speak at ‘Removing Barriers to Affordable Healthcare’ Community Forum Learn how you, your family and neighbors will be affected by proposed reforms in national and state healthcare policy. Thursday, May...
The New River Valley Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy is sponsoring “Welcoming the Stranger,” an interfaith service, on Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m. Faith leaders from the local Muslim and Jewish communities will...
