Comrades, Please take time to read the letter below and demonstrate your support for the rights of Ex-offenders by copying and adding your information and mailing it to the address given.
Please take the time to send this token of support to the thousands of us who are marginalized. JAI RAC-LA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send a support letter - On your letter head Sample Support Letter - Senate Bill 283 Send by Fax to: (916) 327-1997 Please send email copy to jbartho...@wclp.org, glennbac...@mac.com and marla.co...@sen.ca.gov Date ____ [Please Consider Sending By March 12] Honorable Loni Hancock (D-09) California State Senate State Capitol, Room 2082 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Senate Bill 283 (Hancock) -SUPPORT Dear Senator Hancock, [Name of Your Organization or Individual] is writing in support of Senate Bill 283 (Hancock) which will provide additional tools to local probation departments, while helping County Human Services Agencies improve outcomes for job placement and child wellbeing for the low-income families that they serve. It does this by allowing individuals, previously convicted of a drug felony, who meet all other eligibility rules to receive basic needs services, employment training and work supports through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and CalFresh programs, provided that they are complying with the conditions of probation or parole, or have successfully completed their probation or parole. California maintains an optional lifetime ban on receiving CalWORKs or CalFresh for people with former drug-related felony offences when the conviction occurred after 1996. SB 283 will allow individuals who meet all other eligibility rules to receive basic needs services, employment training and work supports through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and CalFresh programs provided that they are complying with the conditions of probation or parole, or have successfully completed their probation or parole. Thousands of Californians are released from prison or jail every year on parole or probation. Unfortunately, with few or no job prospects, approximately two-thirds of those released from prison will be rearrested - and almost one-half will be re-incarcerated-within three years of their release. According to a 2011 report by Pew Center on the States, California ranks second-worst in the nation in recidivism rates, nearly 15 percentage points higher than the national average. SB 283 will provide additional tools to county probation departments and human services agencies to improve outcomes for reentry, job placement and child wellbeing. SB 283 would only restore eligibility for assistance to adults meeting the requirements for program participation and successfully complying with probation or parole supervision. Optional: Include 2 sentences about why your organization cares. [Name of Your Organization] supports SB 283 and thanks you for introducing this important legislation. Sincerely, Your Name and Title cc: Glenn Backes, Drug Policy Alliance (Co-Sponsor) Jessica Bartholow, Western Center on Law and Poverty (Co-Sponsor) Cathy Senderling, County Welfare Directors Association (Co-Sponsor) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
