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:...
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...
Please sign this online petition urging Governor McAuliffe and Secretary of Commerce Todd Haymore to crack down on wage theft by making the state’s Misclassification Taskforce function as it was designed. In 2014, the...
Annual Meeting recap – Dec. 8, 2015 Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Annual Meeting attendees heard keynote speaker Michael Cassidy, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Institute, talk about some key issues that the...
Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas in Fredericksburg, Va. An environmental concern in Central Virginia is the possibility of hydraulic fracturing (also known as “fracking”). A Dallas energy company has paid for the rights to...