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Previous Legislative Agendas
JRLC focuses on a variety of issues, particularly focused on providing support for low-come families. Since building momentum in support of an issue, especially in a partisan environment, can require time, many priorities are continued across years.
Key Issues of Focus: Minnesota Family Investment Program, Minnesota Childcare Assistance Program, driver's license protection, support for low-income children, Working Family Tax Credit
Successes:
- First increase in MN Family Investment Program funding in 33 years
- Childcare assistance process for homeless families expedited
- Expansion of Working Family Tax Credit for low and moderate income families
- Terrorism protection funding for religious communities and other non-profits
Defeats
- No action on driver's license protections, limits on payday lending, gun violence prevention
Key Issues of Focus: Affordable housing bonding, Minnesota Childcare Assistance Program, reduction in fines on minor traffic violations
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2019 Session (2019). In Joint Religious Legislative Coalition. Retrieved from https://jrlc.org/2019-legislative-session.↩
Successes:
- $90M in bonding for affordable housing
- Defeat of proposed expansions to online gambling and work requirements for Medicaid
Defeats:
- Veto of Omnibus and Tax Bills including priorities regarding tax policy, driver's license protection, childcare access