Education
Lissa believes that all children deserve access to an excellent school district. Having necessary resources for our school districts is critical, and that means both funding and well-trained and empowered teachers who are supported by strong building and administrative leaders. Children who have experienced adverse experiences and trauma need counselors and family engagement specialists, not blame and push out.
- Access to excellent school districts for all students
- Empower teachers and school professionals by removing burdensome state mandates
- Focus on whole-child development and provide resources for children who have experienced trauma
Environment
Irresponsible politicians continue to pretend this climate crisis won’t harm us and our children. In the next ten years, we must take big, bold actions and my environment policy platform outlines exactly what we must do.
- End subsidies and tax credit giveaways to petrochemical companies
- Fracking must be safe and responsible, polluters must be held accountable
- Begin working on a transition to clean energy
Working Families
Our current economy prioritizes the excesses of corporate profits over the needs of everyday citizens. Employers do not have to offer adequate wages, sufficient healthcare coverage, or paid time off. Convenient, quality child care is unaffordable. Lissa believes in the right of workers to organize and in a government that ensures employers take care of workers as people first, and growing profits second.
- Fight corporate greed
- End poverty wages
- Support workers rights to organize
- Create family-sustaining jobs
Healthcare
All patients deserve access to healthcare facilities and doctors of their choice. Insurance and prescription coverage should take a preventative approach to cover the care people need with a focus on customer service. Women deserve control of their own healthcare decisions. Seniors and people with disabilities deserve support, without a waitlist, so that they can remain independent within their homes and communities.
- Access to choice of doctors and healthcare facilities
- Reducing prescription drug costs
- Women can make their own healthcare decisions
- End wait lists for disability and senior services
Early Childhood
Lissa has seen in her own children and their friends the profound social and emotional growth that goes on long before children enter Kindergarten. It is time to capitalize on this critical period of development by ensuring a sufficient supply of affordable, high-quality early learning programs. This includes home visiting programs focused on maternal and child health, early intervention services, child care for working families, and prekindergarten education.
- Expand access to Pre-K education
- Make quality child care affordable
- Increase home visiting and early intervention services
- Support social and emotional development, along with physical and cognitive
Supporting Individuals with Disabilities
Our government and society needs to respect the individual dignity of all people, including those with physical, sensory, developmental, and intellectual disabilities. Lissa strongly believes that disability issues must be a priority for the state legislature. Lissa has a wealth of experience about disability issues that will help to ensure that Pennsylvanians with disabilities have access to the home and community supports that they need to lead healthy, high quality, and independent lives.
- Investing in education to ensure a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE)
- Growing the Employment First movement
- Expanding Access to Home and Community Based Supports and supporting the workforce
- Increasing access to healthcare and mental health services
Ending Childhood Poverty Platform
It is unacceptable that Pennsylvania has done little to address growing childhood poverty over the last four years. Lissa believes that the role of our state government is to support all children to foster a better future for everyone. This includes programs for early childhood development and education, nutritious meals, housing, and access to counseling and trauma-related care.
- Increase the minimum wage
- End child care subsidy waitlist
- Ensure access to nutritious meals and snacks
- Increase trauma-informed education
COVID-19 Response Platform
Lissa believes in providing immediate relief to frontline workers to ensure their health and safety through Personal Protective Equipment and employer policies that minimize risks at businesses and job sites. Lissa supports implementing economic policies that benefit all workers both during a pandemic and after, and ensuring that we listen to scientists and experts so that we never face a catastrophe of this magnitude again.
- Immediate relief and safety measures for healthcare & frontline workers
- Prioritizing the health and safety of our residents while moving to a fair economy
- Ensuring preparedness for the next global crisis
Government Reform Platform
Too many individuals who have lost faith in our government as an institution that can bring positive change to people’s lives. I am not running to be part of a government run by the rich and powerful, and I support changing our system to be transparent and anti-corruption. This can be accomplished through fair districts, campaign finance reform, ending the “old boys” culture in Harrisburg, and expanding access to the ballot box.
- Fair redistricting process
- Campaign finance limits and gift ban for public officials
- Expanding access to the ballot box
- Ending Harrisburg’s “old boys” culture
Economic Development and Route 8 Platform
Lissa believes in bringing new investment and growing the business climate in our House District 30 communities, especially along the Route 8 corridor. Lissa understands existing and historic state government programs, and has worked in communities benefiting from them. Expanding regional efforts to grow the business community while addressing equity and environmental sustainability are critical elements of economic recovery. Local business & Business district investments Transportation and Safety Stormwater management and flood prevention
- Local business & Business district investments
- Transportation and Safety
- Stormwater management and flood prevention