Dear Ward 8 Residents, 

I am excited to get to work and come a step closer to allocating this $19 billion budget to best serve the many complex needs of District residents.

I am proud that we will fund training programs for residents looking for employment. Over $23 million in the FY 23 budget is dedicated to creating career pipelines for District residents into programs, including pathways to homecare and nursing, IT training, and CDL training. It is important that we not only help our residents find jobs but that the jobs are well-paying and have high growth potential.

With the new Allocation of At-Risk Concentration for education, every school in Ward 8 will receive additional funding based on their at-risk student population. These funds will go directly to their respective schools. For example, $251,505 will go to Ballou Senior High School, $162,702 will go to Turner Elementary School, and $149,040 will go to Excel Academy, the city’s only all-girls public school.

Public safety remains a critical issue in our city, especially as we approach the warmer months. I’m glad to see $1.7 million towards CCTV and Shotspotter integration to help keep our communities safe and $475,000 to the Office of Neighborhood Safety & Engagement (ONSE) for life coach client incentives and $70,000 for their leadership academy. I am also pleased to see $18.6 million to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) over five years to plan and implement safety infrastructure around schools.

I’m proud to live in and represent a place where we remain committed to supporting communities with intersecting needs. Our committee supported special populations in this budget, including grant funding for organizations serving LGBTQ residents in Wards 7 and 8, allocations for additional housing vouchers for returning citizens, and support for the Close Relative Caregivers Program. In addition, we funded $100,000 towards Dream Grants through the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) for the Wards 7 and 8 Entrepreneurship Program. I appreciate that the Committee on Recreation, Libraries, and Youth Affairs' requests were met to support all communities and provide equitable programming, facilities, equipment, and services across the District. 

As the Councilmember for Ward 8, I will continue to push for equity for our residents and ensure that residents across the District of Columbia receive the resources they need to remain in our beautiful city. 

Regards,

 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

The Executive Office of the Mayor (EOM), DC Department of Human Services (DHS), DC Department of Employment Services (DOES), and DC Department of Human Resources (DCHR), cordially invite District residents to participate in the upcoming in-person hiring event which will take place at Mayor Muriel Bowser's Find Your Future Citywide Resource & Empowerment Expo on May 19, 2022.

The event will allow employers to connect directly with pre-registered and job-ready candidates in response to the growing employer demand for qualified workers. If you are a DC resident seeking employment, please plan to join us on May 19, 2022.

The in-person recruitment event will be available to pre-registered DC residents only.

Candidate resumes will be pre-screened, and job-ready candidates will be referred to schedule a timeslot for the event until all interview slots are filled.

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FEATURED EMPLOYERS

• All Pro All Services
• Amtrak
• Carey's Mechanical, LLC
• Clark Construction
• Didlake
• FareXchange
• First Transit
• Frontline Community Services
• H&B Services
• Harbor Roofing and Waterproofing
• KRA Corporation
• Pact Pro Security
• Pendry Washington DC-The Wharf
• Potomac Abatement Inc
• RATP Dev/ DC Circulator
• Royal Exteriors
• So Others Might Eat (SOME)
• SPIN Electric Scooters
• United States Capitol Police
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

FEATURED DC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYERS

• DC Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF)
• DC Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
• DC Department of Public Works (DPW)
• DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
• DC Office of the Attorney General (OAG)
• DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)
• DC Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

BEGIN CANDIDATE PRE-REGISTRATION USING THE LINK BELOW:
 

Meetings & Hearings schedule

While the Council’s next two Legislative Meetings will be monopolized by discussion and votes on the multi-billion dollar behemoth bills and policies that compose the District’s budget, the most recent Legislative Meeting dealt with the more day-to-day, meat-and-potatoes topics that nevertheless have deep impacts on our daily lives.

One measure that received the first of two necessary votes at the most recent meeting aims to protect consumers from unjust debt collection. In its broad scope, the bill prohibits jailing consumers for unpaid commercial debt, strengthens a ban on abusive or misleading debt collection communication, limits the frequency and means of debt collector contacts with consumers, and bans debt collectors from notifying employers, friends, family, or neighbors about an individual’s indebtedness.

Also passed at the most recent meeting was legislation to extend the DC Housing Finance Agency’s Reverse Mortgage Insurance and Tax Payment Program. Often, longtime homeowners who have entered into reverse mortgage loans can face default and foreclosure in the event of nonpayment of even very small-dollar amounts of property taxes, condo/coop fees, and the like. This program provides zero-interest loans to help bridge such short-term deficits, avoid foreclosure, and the loss of family homes.

Click to read full article: https://dccouncil.us/consumer-and-employment-protections-headline-latest-council-meeting/