Legislative Update for March 7
This is the final week of the 2016 General Assembly session. Last Tuesday the House and Senate ceremoniously rejected the opposing house’s version of the budget so that the details of the biennium budget...
March newsletter
The VICPP newsletter for March is now ready for view as a pdf file: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_3
Comments from our press conference for closing the healthcare coverage gap
Comments from Rabbi Beifield: Two central ideas underlie the abiding Jewish commitment to provide health care to all of God’s children. The first is Judaism’s teaching that an individual human life is of infinite...
Legislative Update for Feb. 22
Last Tuesday marked crossover, the halfway point through the 2016 General Assembly session. Bills were reported out of the house of origin in order to be considered by the other house. Additionally, the House...
View the entire News Conference on YouTube
Thanks to Casey with VCV, the Feb. 17 News Conference at the General Assembly building on closing the coverage gap is now posted on YouTube. Find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_faQaqH_U8&feature=youtu.be
Closing health insurance coverage gap a ‘moral imperative’
Virginia faith leaders respond to Assembly’s vow not to expand Medicaid coverage RICHMOND – A half-dozen faith leaders who were among the nearly 300 who signed a letter asking Virginia’s General Assembly...
VICPP, VCV will sponsor News Conference on Wednesday
VICPP and VCV will host a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in the House Briefing Room on the first floor of the General Assembly. Several faith leaders who have signed...
Second newsletter of the year
The February Newsletter for the Virginia Interfaith Center is posted: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_2
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy selects new Executive Director
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 4, 2016 . Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy 1716 East Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 643-2474 www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/ Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy selects new...
Religious leaders sign-on statement supporting closing Virginia’s health care coverage gap
Below is a letter we are asking faith leaders to sign on to that we will forward on to the Commonwealth’s Senators and Delegates regarding closing the Medicaid coverage gap in Virginia. We will...
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