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A (Policy) Love Letter: Our Legislative Agenda for the 2023-2024 Session
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog
Posted February 14, 2023

A (Policy) Love Letter: Our Legislative Agenda for the 2023-2024 Session

My team and I are thrilled to launch “Toward the Future,” our legislative agenda for the 2023-2024 session.  We’re releasing this on Valentine’s Day because policy is one of the […]

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Senate Passes Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights Legislation
By Jo Comerford
In Press Releases, Testimony, Letters, Reports & Statements
Posted June 30, 2022

Senate Passes Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights Legislation

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Standing Up for a Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog, Audio & Video
Posted June 30, 2022

Standing Up for a Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights

Today the Senate passed S.2954, An Act establishing a foster parents’ bill of rights, one of the legislative proposals I filed this session. The bill creates a framework to ensure […]

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Big public health news
By Jo Comerford
In Updates from Jo, Newsletters, The People's Blog
Posted November 3, 2021

Big public health news

Warm Greetings (literally), I write from Tampa, where I traveled to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit, joining Senate President Karen Spilka who serves on [...]

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A year after David Almond’s death in DCF care, what has changed?
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted October 26, 2021

A year after David Almond’s death in DCF care, what has changed?

By Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Jo Comerford   When we learned of David Almond’s death on Oct. 21, 2020, we were heartbroken. Tragically, this was not the first time we had […]

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Sen. Comerford’s testimony in support of foster care legislation
By Sam Hopper
In Testimony, Testimony, Letters, Reports & Statements
Posted June 15, 2021

Sen. Comerford’s testimony in support of foster care legislation

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Sen. Comerford’s testimony supporting S.826 -An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children
By Sam Hopper
In Testimony, Testimony, Letters, Reports & Statements
Posted June 8, 2021

Sen. Comerford’s testimony supporting S.826 -An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

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Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing
By Sam Hopper
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Posted June 4, 2021

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing

The Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities will hold a bill hearing. For more info,

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Sen. Comerford’s testimony to the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities regarding Department of Children and Families (DCF) reform
By Sam Hopper
In Testimony, Testimony, Letters, Reports & Statements
Posted May 4, 2021

Sen. Comerford’s testimony to the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities regarding Department of Children and Families (DCF) reform

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