Senior SEPTA Upcoming Events Isabella STATE REPRESENTATIVE Photo ID FITZGERALD Isabella 203RD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT My office is partnering with SEPTA to process SEPTA Key Senior 7178 Ogontz Ave. 35th Ward Philadelphia, PA 19138 Photo ID Card applications. TOWN HALL & HEALTH FAIR SEPTA staff will be present and FITZGERALD take photos for the SEPTA Key Hosted by State Reps. Isabella Fitzgerald, Jared Solomon, & Jason Dawkins Senior cards, after which the card 25-B East Wing • P.O. Box 202203 • Harrisburg, PA 17120-2203...... (717) 783-4111 • Fax: (717) 772-9996 will be mailed directly to you. 7178 Ogontz Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19138...... (215) 549-0220 • Fax: (215) 549-8965 www.pahouse.com/Fitzgerald • C /RepIzzy • @RepIzzy Saturday, June 15 Applicants should bring one of the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. following types of identification: SPRING 2019 • Pennsylvania Driver/Non-Driver Lawncrest Recreation Center ID Dignity for Incarcerated Women – Breast Density State Representative • Birth Certificate or Baptismal 6000 Rising Sun Avenue ISABELLA FITZGERALD Feminine Hygiene Products Screening 203rd Legislative District Certificate Philadelphia, PA 19111 (215) 549-0220 • Yellow PACE Card When it comes to personal care, all women should be treated with Coverage Speakers: (Pharmaceutical Assistance dignity and respect. I recently introduced a bill as part of a package of legislation that would give voice and help to incarcerated women and In 2019, more than State Representative Isabella Fitzgerald Contract for the Elderly) parents in Pennsylvania. 41,000 women will die State Representative Jared Solomon • Statement of Age Verification from breast cancer in the State Representative Jason Dawkins from the U.S. Social Security House Bill 1008 would require state prisons to provide at least two United States. In order to Administration varieties of sanitary pads and two varieties of tampons to all female promote awareness of this Attending: State Representative lpo.kaf.0619 inmates at no cost, regardless of their financial means. Women Phila. Homestead • Phila. Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Freeze • PCA JARED G. SOLOMON • Armed Forces Discharge/ disease and increase the 202nd Legislative District Customer Assistance Program (CAP) • Vision & Hearing Screenings would not have to demonstrate proof of need or undergo a medical (215) 342-6340 Separation Papers rates of early detection, Matching Energy Assistance Fund (MEAF) • Exercise & Workout Class authorization or diagnosis to receive the products. While I appreciate it is imperative that all Low Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP) • Pa. Dept. of Aging • Resident Alien Card or Passport/ that the Department of Corrections recently changed its internal policy effective screening Pa. Dept. of Health • Pa. Dept. of Human Services Naturalization Papers My office can help you with: to provide these products, my legislation is critical in cementing this Phila. Dept. of Health methods be made Please note that SEPTA phased change in state law and ensuring that future administrations cannot available and Providing information on: out the paper PA Senior Citizen Car registrations, special tags, titles and license Complaints or questions about utilities and the PUC easily rescind the practice. affordable. Pa. Property Tax/Rent Rebate • Pa. Unclaimed Property Transit ID Card. Seniors will need applications Senior Septa Keycard (65 years & Older) • PennDot On-line Registration Consumer complaints For years, incarcerated women have been forced to purchase I have introduced State Representative the SEPTA Key Senior Photo ID Information on financial assistance for higher specific feminine products from the prison commissary. Limited in Come meet the Representatives of the 35th Ward and their staff. They JASON DAWKINS Complaints about state road conditions legislation (H.B. 1245) will be available to provide constituents with information on state 179th Legislative District card to receive free rides on Transit education government-related programs and services available. size and choice, women in the criminal justice system continue to that would extend insurance (215) 744-7901 Problems or questions about PennDOT and Regional Rail. Unemployment compensation problems face challenges when buying or asking for feminine hygiene products, coverage for breast cancer screening Tours of the State Capitol for individuals or groups simply because of a biological need that they cannot control. It is Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s Birth certificate applications methods recommended for women • Saturday, June 15 – 35th Ward Town Hall and Licenses and Non-Driver IDs with Disability plates and placards unacceptable that these items were, at one point, not even provided with high breast density and Pennsylvania income tax problems Health Fair a magnetic stripe on the back can PACE cards for senior citizens to women in our prisons. increased risk factors. still be swiped at turnstiles and Problems with the Department of Human Services We owe our incarcerated women dignity and respect. As legislators, (food stamps, income assistance) Complaints and problems with insurance companies While high breast density in women • Thursday, July 4 – Lawncrest Independence fare boxes; new licenses issued it is our duty to fix this issue and prevent any future administrations is common and not abnormal, it by PennDOT on or after July 2017 Property Tax/Rent Rebate problems or questions Day Parade Requests for literature of all kinds – bills, from taking away makes it far more difficult to detect do not have magnetic stripes and regulations, statutes, Pennsylvania maps, senior Problems or questions about the state lottery no-cost feminine cancer on a standard mammogram. cannot be used. • Tuesday, July 9 – Farmers Market Kick-Off Day citizen information, student aid information, etc. Local government officials’ problems with state hygiene products. Supplemental screening methods Citations from the Pennsylvania House agencies This could bring such as ultrasounds and magnetic parity to female • Tuesday, July 30 – Economic Empowerment of Representatives for outstanding local Any problem with state government! resonance imaging (MRIs) can inmates by Business Summit Next Steps – How To Start A accomplishments and family milestones markedly improve rates of early providing them cancer detection in women with Business with the vital, dense breasts or at an increased risk STAY UP TO DATE! Stay connected to what’s happening in basic products of developing the disease. Educating • Tuesday, August 6 – National Night Out Harrisburg and in the community by signing they need to feel women about the risk of breast Follow my updates at up for my email updates. Go to www. comfortable as cancer is futile if we do not also • Thursday, August 22 – Back to School - facebook.com/RepIzzy and pahouse.com/RepIzzy to sign up. You can they serve their facilitate affordable access to early Kutz For Kids twitter.com/RepIzzy. also follow me on social media! sentence. detection methods. Childcare Centers- Full Day Kindergarten Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle: 72 Hour Waiting Period Philly Spring Clean-Up House Bill 641 would implement full-day kindergarten as a formal Environmental Mass shootings, often committed with semi-automatic stated that he had acted in a state of shock after feeling, component of basic education. Under this bill, the board of school When we work together, we can make great changes to our community! I was excited assault rifles, can often be crimes of passion, such as “hopeless, suicidal and outraged with jealousy.” He Heath Assessments directors in each school district would be required to establish and for our turnout at the Spring Clean-Up event. I hope to see you at our next one. individuals who are enraged in the moment but would added that had his ability to quickly purchase an assault maintain a full-time kindergarten program for children between the When we send our children to day not commit a murder if they had time to calm down. rifle been impeded, he would likely not have committed ages of three and five by the 2020-2021 school year. care, we do so assuming their One study found that requiring a waiting period prior to the shooting. safety will come first. However, This legislation would also require the Department of Education, purchasing a gun can reduce gun homicides by 17% by I plan to introduce legislation that would establish under current law, day cares are not with the assistance of a newly created Full-Day Kindergarten providing for a “cooling off period.” a 72-hour waiting period for purchases of semi- required to perform environmental Implementation Advisory Committee, to develop and implement a state In an instance on July 30, 2016, a man entered a party automatic assault rifles in hopes of reducing the mass health assessments before plan for full-day kindergarten, and to advise school districts on how attended by his ex-girlfriend with a legally purchased shootings that have plagued our nation and devastated operating. This could mean day care to implement a full-day kindergarten program, along with providing AR-15, taking three innocent lives and injuring a fourth our communities. We need to work to protect all centers are operating in buildings technical assistance and other resources to school districts. that were once home to dry cleaners, person in the attack. At his sentencing in 2017, he Pennsylvanians from future firearm violence. State Rep. Stephen Kinsey and I have also teamed up to sponsor a nail salons, funeral homes, and House Resolution mandating an impact study of universal free full-day other businesses that typically use kindergarten in order to better understand exactly what we would be hazardous chemicals in their day- Economic Empowerment 61st Ward Town Hall getting into if we decided to move forward. to-day operations. These chemicals could be left behind and potentially This study would provide a comprehensive look, including impacts on Business Summit harm the children attending the day children, families, education institutions, and communities. Through this The Economic Empowerment Business Summit, care center. proposed legislation, the PA Department of Education would contract “Continuing the Journey” was held on January 19, with an independent third party to gather feedback and analyze data Accordingly, I will be introducing 2019 at the Masjidullah Center for Human Excellence. from a variety of sources, including the parents and their families, legislation to require that new day Attendees took part in a choice of five workshops: and school districts. These findings and recommendations would • care centers, should they wish to How To Start A Business be submitted to the General Assembly after one year to determine • operate in a building that previously How To Grow and Sustain Your Business whether Pennsylvania should consider establishing universal access to • housed a high-hazard business, Women Entrepreneurship full-day kindergarten for all children ages five and up. • perform environmental health Millennials On The Move • assessments to ensure that the Educating children in a positive, structured environment where they How to Manage your Balance and Avoid the Pitfalls building is free of harmful chemicals can begin to learn at an early age enhances their cognitive, social, of Litigation and safe to house children. emotional, and physical development. All children deserve to have these benefits so they will have the best chance at succeeding as they We can never be too careful when it grow older. comes to our children.

WHAT I’VE BEEN UP TO!!!! Martin Luther King Day of Service I hosted a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday on Property Tax Rebate Assistance – Deadline, June 30th! January 15, 2019. Attendees participated in “A World without Gun Violence” Congressman Dwight Evans was the Keynote banner project. Community Members, Philippian Baptist Church Girl Scout Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program applications for the they are based on annual income and property taxes or Speaker of our Economic Empowerment Business Troops #9326 & #9455, 14th & 35th Police District Captains and Officers 2018 tax year are available online – and my staff can rent paid each year. Spouses, personal representatives Summit. as well as elected officials created banners expressing their vision of help you file yours for free! or estates may file rebate claims on behalf of deceased what a world without gun violence would mean claimants who lived at least one day in 2018 and meet You can get your application at www.revenue.pa.gov or to them. The banners gave opportunity for open all other eligibility criteria. by calling 1-888-222-9190. dialogue between the elected officials, police It was a The deadline to apply for a rebate on property taxes or and attendees on how individuals felt about The rebate program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians pleasure to rent paid in 2018 is June 30, and the rebates normally gun violence, ideas for change and how to 65 or older, widows and widowers 50 or older, and meet with my are distributed beginning July 1. So, the sooner you file, remain safe in our communities. In addition, all people with disabilities 18 or older. The income limit is constituents the sooner you will receive your money! in attendance had access to state government- and hear their $35,000 a year for homeowners and $15,000 annually related programs and resources and a concerns at for renters. Half of Social Security income is excluded Remember to contact my office for free Property Tax/ weatherization workshop where each participant It was a privilege to be able to get our children and our 61st Ward and the maximum standard rebate is $650. Rent Rebate assistance. My staff and I are here to received FREE weatherization kits for their homes. serve you! community leaders together. Town Hall! Claimants must reapply for rebates every year because Childcare Centers- Full Day Kindergarten Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle: 72 Hour Waiting Period Philly Spring Clean-Up House Bill 641 would implement full-day kindergarten as a formal Environmental Mass shootings, often committed with semi-automatic stated that he had acted in a state of shock after feeling, component of basic education. Under this bill, the board of school When we work together, we can make great changes to our community! I was excited assault rifles, can often be crimes of passion, such as “hopeless, suicidal and outraged with jealousy.” He Heath Assessments directors in each school district would be required to establish and for our turnout at the Spring Clean-Up event. I hope to see you at our next one. individuals who are enraged in the moment but would added that had his ability to quickly purchase an assault maintain a full-time kindergarten program for children between the When we send our children to day not commit a murder if they had time to calm down. rifle been impeded, he would likely not have committed ages of three and five by the 2020-2021 school year. care, we do so assuming their One study found that requiring a waiting period prior to the shooting. safety will come first. However, This legislation would also require the Department of Education, purchasing a gun can reduce gun homicides by 17% by I plan to introduce legislation that would establish under current law, day cares are not with the assistance of a newly created Full-Day Kindergarten providing for a “cooling off period.” a 72-hour waiting period for purchases of semi- required to perform environmental Implementation Advisory Committee, to develop and implement a state In an instance on July 30, 2016, a man entered a party automatic assault rifles in hopes of reducing the mass health assessments before plan for full-day kindergarten, and to advise school districts on how attended by his ex-girlfriend with a legally purchased shootings that have plagued our nation and devastated operating. This could mean day care to implement a full-day kindergarten program, along with providing AR-15, taking three innocent lives and injuring a fourth our communities. We need to work to protect all centers are operating in buildings technical assistance and other resources to school districts. that were once home to dry cleaners, person in the attack. At his sentencing in 2017, he Pennsylvanians from future firearm violence. State Rep. Stephen Kinsey and I have also teamed up to sponsor a nail salons, funeral homes, and House Resolution mandating an impact study of universal free full-day other businesses that typically use kindergarten in order to better understand exactly what we would be hazardous chemicals in their day- Economic Empowerment 61st Ward Town Hall getting into if we decided to move forward. to-day operations. These chemicals could be left behind and potentially This study would provide a comprehensive look, including impacts on Business Summit harm the children attending the day children, families, education institutions, and communities. Through this The Economic Empowerment Business Summit, care center. proposed legislation, the PA Department of Education would contract “Continuing the Journey” was held on January 19, with an independent third party to gather feedback and analyze data Accordingly, I will be introducing 2019 at the Masjidullah Center for Human Excellence. from a variety of sources, including the parents and their families, legislation to require that new day Attendees took part in a choice of five workshops: and school districts. These findings and recommendations would • care centers, should they wish to How To Start A Business be submitted to the General Assembly after one year to determine • operate in a building that previously How To Grow and Sustain Your Business whether Pennsylvania should consider establishing universal access to • housed a high-hazard business, Women Entrepreneurship full-day kindergarten for all children ages five and up. • perform environmental health Millennials On The Move • assessments to ensure that the Educating children in a positive, structured environment where they How to Manage your Balance and Avoid the Pitfalls building is free of harmful chemicals can begin to learn at an early age enhances their cognitive, social, of Litigation and safe to house children. emotional, and physical development. All children deserve to have these benefits so they will have the best chance at succeeding as they We can never be too careful when it grow older. comes to our children.

WHAT I’VE BEEN UP TO!!!! Martin Luther King Day of Service I hosted a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday on Property Tax Rebate Assistance – Deadline, June 30th! January 15, 2019. Attendees participated in “A World without Gun Violence” Congressman Dwight Evans was the Keynote banner project. Community Members, Philippian Baptist Church Girl Scout Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program applications for the they are based on annual income and property taxes or Speaker of our Economic Empowerment Business Troops #9326 & #9455, 14th & 35th Police District Captains and Officers 2018 tax year are available online – and my staff can rent paid each year. Spouses, personal representatives Summit. as well as elected officials created banners expressing their vision of help you file yours for free! or estates may file rebate claims on behalf of deceased what a world without gun violence would mean claimants who lived at least one day in 2018 and meet You can get your application at www.revenue.pa.gov or to them. The banners gave opportunity for open all other eligibility criteria. by calling 1-888-222-9190. dialogue between the elected officials, police It was a The deadline to apply for a rebate on property taxes or and attendees on how individuals felt about The rebate program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians pleasure to rent paid in 2018 is June 30, and the rebates normally gun violence, ideas for change and how to 65 or older, widows and widowers 50 or older, and meet with my are distributed beginning July 1. So, the sooner you file, remain safe in our communities. In addition, all people with disabilities 18 or older. The income limit is constituents the sooner you will receive your money! in attendance had access to state government- and hear their $35,000 a year for homeowners and $15,000 annually related programs and resources and a concerns at for renters. Half of Social Security income is excluded Remember to contact my office for free Property Tax/ weatherization workshop where each participant It was a privilege to be able to get our children and our 61st Ward and the maximum standard rebate is $650. Rent Rebate assistance. My staff and I are here to received FREE weatherization kits for their homes. serve you! community leaders together. Town Hall! Claimants must reapply for rebates every year because Childcare Centers- Full Day Kindergarten Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle: 72 Hour Waiting Period Philly Spring Clean-Up House Bill 641 would implement full-day kindergarten as a formal Environmental Mass shootings, often committed with semi-automatic stated that he had acted in a state of shock after feeling, component of basic education. Under this bill, the board of school When we work together, we can make great changes to our community! I was excited assault rifles, can often be crimes of passion, such as “hopeless, suicidal and outraged with jealousy.” He Heath Assessments directors in each school district would be required to establish and for our turnout at the Spring Clean-Up event. I hope to see you at our next one. individuals who are enraged in the moment but would added that had his ability to quickly purchase an assault maintain a full-time kindergarten program for children between the When we send our children to day not commit a murder if they had time to calm down. rifle been impeded, he would likely not have committed ages of three and five by the 2020-2021 school year. care, we do so assuming their One study found that requiring a waiting period prior to the shooting. safety will come first. However, This legislation would also require the Department of Education, purchasing a gun can reduce gun homicides by 17% by I plan to introduce legislation that would establish under current law, day cares are not with the assistance of a newly created Full-Day Kindergarten providing for a “cooling off period.” a 72-hour waiting period for purchases of semi- required to perform environmental Implementation Advisory Committee, to develop and implement a state In an instance on July 30, 2016, a man entered a party automatic assault rifles in hopes of reducing the mass health assessments before plan for full-day kindergarten, and to advise school districts on how attended by his ex-girlfriend with a legally purchased shootings that have plagued our nation and devastated operating. This could mean day care to implement a full-day kindergarten program, along with providing AR-15, taking three innocent lives and injuring a fourth our communities. We need to work to protect all centers are operating in buildings technical assistance and other resources to school districts. that were once home to dry cleaners, person in the attack. At his sentencing in 2017, he Pennsylvanians from future firearm violence. State Rep. Stephen Kinsey and I have also teamed up to sponsor a nail salons, funeral homes, and House Resolution mandating an impact study of universal free full-day other businesses that typically use kindergarten in order to better understand exactly what we would be hazardous chemicals in their day- Economic Empowerment 61st Ward Town Hall getting into if we decided to move forward. to-day operations. These chemicals could be left behind and potentially This study would provide a comprehensive look, including impacts on Business Summit harm the children attending the day children, families, education institutions, and communities. Through this The Economic Empowerment Business Summit, care center. proposed legislation, the PA Department of Education would contract “Continuing the Journey” was held on January 19, with an independent third party to gather feedback and analyze data Accordingly, I will be introducing 2019 at the Masjidullah Center for Human Excellence. from a variety of sources, including the parents and their families, legislation to require that new day Attendees took part in a choice of five workshops: and school districts. These findings and recommendations would • care centers, should they wish to How To Start A Business be submitted to the General Assembly after one year to determine • operate in a building that previously How To Grow and Sustain Your Business whether Pennsylvania should consider establishing universal access to • housed a high-hazard business, Women Entrepreneurship full-day kindergarten for all children ages five and up. • perform environmental health Millennials On The Move • assessments to ensure that the Educating children in a positive, structured environment where they How to Manage your Balance and Avoid the Pitfalls building is free of harmful chemicals can begin to learn at an early age enhances their cognitive, social, of Litigation and safe to house children. emotional, and physical development. All children deserve to have these benefits so they will have the best chance at succeeding as they We can never be too careful when it grow older. comes to our children.

WHAT I’VE BEEN UP TO!!!! Martin Luther King Day of Service I hosted a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday on Property Tax Rebate Assistance – Deadline, June 30th! January 15, 2019. Attendees participated in “A World without Gun Violence” Congressman Dwight Evans was the Keynote banner project. Community Members, Philippian Baptist Church Girl Scout Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program applications for the they are based on annual income and property taxes or Speaker of our Economic Empowerment Business Troops #9326 & #9455, 14th & 35th Police District Captains and Officers 2018 tax year are available online – and my staff can rent paid each year. Spouses, personal representatives Summit. as well as elected officials created banners expressing their vision of help you file yours for free! or estates may file rebate claims on behalf of deceased what a world without gun violence would mean claimants who lived at least one day in 2018 and meet You can get your application at www.revenue.pa.gov or to them. The banners gave opportunity for open all other eligibility criteria. by calling 1-888-222-9190. dialogue between the elected officials, police It was a The deadline to apply for a rebate on property taxes or and attendees on how individuals felt about The rebate program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians pleasure to rent paid in 2018 is June 30, and the rebates normally gun violence, ideas for change and how to 65 or older, widows and widowers 50 or older, and meet with my are distributed beginning July 1. So, the sooner you file, remain safe in our communities. In addition, all people with disabilities 18 or older. The income limit is constituents the sooner you will receive your money! in attendance had access to state government- and hear their $35,000 a year for homeowners and $15,000 annually related programs and resources and a concerns at for renters. Half of Social Security income is excluded Remember to contact my office for free Property Tax/ weatherization workshop where each participant It was a privilege to be able to get our children and our 61st Ward and the maximum standard rebate is $650. Rent Rebate assistance. My staff and I are here to received FREE weatherization kits for their homes. serve you! community leaders together. Town Hall! Claimants must reapply for rebates every year because Senior SEPTA Upcoming Events Isabella STATE REPRESENTATIVE Photo ID FITZGERALD Isabella 203RD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT My office is partnering with SEPTA to process SEPTA Key Senior 7178 Ogontz Ave. 35th Ward Philadelphia, PA 19138 Photo ID Card applications. TOWN HALL & HEALTH FAIR SEPTA staff will be present and FITZGERALD take photos for the SEPTA Key Hosted by State Reps. Isabella Fitzgerald, Jared Solomon, & Jason Dawkins Senior cards, after which the card 25-B East Wing • P.O. Box 202203 • Harrisburg, PA 17120-2203...... (717) 783-4111 • Fax: (717) 772-9996 will be mailed directly to you. 7178 Ogontz Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19138...... (215) 549-0220 • Fax: (215) 549-8965 www.pahouse.com/Fitzgerald • C /RepIzzy • @RepIzzy Saturday, June 15 Applicants should bring one of the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. following types of identification: SPRING 2019 • Pennsylvania Driver/Non-Driver Lawncrest Recreation Center ID Dignity for Incarcerated Women – Breast Density State Representative • Birth Certificate or Baptismal 6000 Rising Sun Avenue ISABELLA FITZGERALD Feminine Hygiene Products Screening 203rd Legislative District Certificate Philadelphia, PA 19111 (215) 549-0220 • Yellow PACE Card When it comes to personal care, all women should be treated with Coverage Speakers: (Pharmaceutical Assistance dignity and respect. I recently introduced a bill as part of a package of legislation that would give voice and help to incarcerated women and In 2019, more than State Representative Isabella Fitzgerald Contract for the Elderly) parents in Pennsylvania. 41,000 women will die State Representative Jared Solomon • Statement of Age Verification from breast cancer in the State Representative Jason Dawkins from the U.S. Social Security House Bill 1008 would require state prisons to provide at least two United States. In order to Administration varieties of sanitary pads and two varieties of tampons to all female promote awareness of this Attending: State Representative lpo.kaf.0619 inmates at no cost, regardless of their financial means. Women Phila. Homestead • Phila. Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Freeze • PCA JARED G. SOLOMON • Armed Forces Discharge/ disease and increase the 202nd Legislative District Customer Assistance Program (CAP) • Vision & Hearing Screenings would not have to demonstrate proof of need or undergo a medical (215) 342-6340 Separation Papers rates of early detection, Matching Energy Assistance Fund (MEAF) • Exercise & Workout Class authorization or diagnosis to receive the products. While I appreciate it is imperative that all Low Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP) • Pa. Dept. of Aging • Resident Alien Card or Passport/ that the Department of Corrections recently changed its internal policy effective screening Pa. Dept. of Health • Pa. Dept. of Human Services Naturalization Papers My office can help you with: to provide these products, my legislation is critical in cementing this Phila. Dept. of Health methods be made Please note that SEPTA phased change in state law and ensuring that future administrations cannot available and Providing information on: out the paper PA Senior Citizen Car registrations, special tags, titles and license Complaints or questions about utilities and the PUC easily rescind the practice. affordable. Pa. Property Tax/Rent Rebate • Pa. Unclaimed Property Transit ID Card. Seniors will need applications Senior Septa Keycard (65 years & Older) • PennDot On-line Registration Consumer complaints For years, incarcerated women have been forced to purchase I have introduced State Representative the SEPTA Key Senior Photo ID Information on financial assistance for higher specific feminine products from the prison commissary. Limited in Come meet the Representatives of the 35th Ward and their staff. They JASON DAWKINS Complaints about state road conditions legislation (H.B. 1245) will be available to provide constituents with information on state 179th Legislative District card to receive free rides on Transit education government-related programs and services available. size and choice, women in the criminal justice system continue to that would extend insurance (215) 744-7901 Problems or questions about PennDOT and Regional Rail. Unemployment compensation problems face challenges when buying or asking for feminine hygiene products, coverage for breast cancer screening Tours of the State Capitol for individuals or groups simply because of a biological need that they cannot control. It is Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s Birth certificate applications methods recommended for women • Saturday, June 15 – 35th Ward Town Hall and Licenses and Non-Driver IDs with Disability plates and placards unacceptable that these items were, at one point, not even provided with high breast density and Pennsylvania income tax problems Health Fair a magnetic stripe on the back can PACE cards for senior citizens to women in our prisons. increased risk factors. still be swiped at turnstiles and Problems with the Department of Human Services We owe our incarcerated women dignity and respect. As legislators, (food stamps, income assistance) Complaints and problems with insurance companies While high breast density in women • Thursday, July 4 – Lawncrest Independence fare boxes; new licenses issued it is our duty to fix this issue and prevent any future administrations is common and not abnormal, it by PennDOT on or after July 2017 Property Tax/Rent Rebate problems or questions Day Parade Requests for literature of all kinds – bills, from taking away makes it far more difficult to detect do not have magnetic stripes and regulations, statutes, Pennsylvania maps, senior Problems or questions about the state lottery no-cost feminine cancer on a standard mammogram. cannot be used. • Tuesday, July 9 – Farmers Market Kick-Off Day citizen information, student aid information, etc. Local government officials’ problems with state hygiene products. Supplemental screening methods Citations from the Pennsylvania House agencies This could bring such as ultrasounds and magnetic parity to female • Tuesday, July 30 – Economic Empowerment of Representatives for outstanding local Any problem with state government! resonance imaging (MRIs) can inmates by Business Summit Next Steps – How To Start A accomplishments and family milestones markedly improve rates of early providing them cancer detection in women with Business with the vital, dense breasts or at an increased risk STAY UP TO DATE! Stay connected to what’s happening in basic products of developing the disease. Educating • Tuesday, August 6 – National Night Out Harrisburg and in the community by signing they need to feel women about the risk of breast Follow my updates at up for my email updates. Go to www. comfortable as cancer is futile if we do not also • Thursday, August 22 – Back to School - facebook.com/RepIzzy and pahouse.com/RepIzzy to sign up. You can they serve their facilitate affordable access to early Kutz For Kids twitter.com/RepIzzy. also follow me on social media! sentence. detection methods. Senior SEPTA Upcoming Events Isabella STATE REPRESENTATIVE Photo ID FITZGERALD Isabella 203RD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT My office is partnering with SEPTA to process SEPTA Key Senior 7178 Ogontz Ave. 35th Ward Philadelphia, PA 19138 Photo ID Card applications. TOWN HALL & HEALTH FAIR SEPTA staff will be present and FITZGERALD take photos for the SEPTA Key Hosted by State Reps. Isabella Fitzgerald, Jared Solomon, & Jason Dawkins Senior cards, after which the card 25-B East Wing • P.O. Box 202203 • Harrisburg, PA 17120-2203...... (717) 783-4111 • Fax: (717) 772-9996 will be mailed directly to you. 7178 Ogontz Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19138...... (215) 549-0220 • Fax: (215) 549-8965 www.pahouse.com/Fitzgerald • C /RepIzzy • @RepIzzy Saturday, June 15 Applicants should bring one of the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. following types of identification: SPRING 2019 • Pennsylvania Driver/Non-Driver Lawncrest Recreation Center ID Dignity for Incarcerated Women – Breast Density State Representative • Birth Certificate or Baptismal 6000 Rising Sun Avenue ISABELLA FITZGERALD Feminine Hygiene Products Screening 203rd Legislative District Certificate Philadelphia, PA 19111 (215) 549-0220 • Yellow PACE Card When it comes to personal care, all women should be treated with Coverage Speakers: (Pharmaceutical Assistance dignity and respect. I recently introduced a bill as part of a package of legislation that would give voice and help to incarcerated women and In 2019, more than State Representative Isabella Fitzgerald Contract for the Elderly) parents in Pennsylvania. 41,000 women will die State Representative Jared Solomon • Statement of Age Verification from breast cancer in the State Representative Jason Dawkins from the U.S. Social Security House Bill 1008 would require state prisons to provide at least two United States. In order to Administration varieties of sanitary pads and two varieties of tampons to all female promote awareness of this Attending: State Representative lpo.kaf.0619 inmates at no cost, regardless of their financial means. Women Phila. Homestead • Phila. Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Freeze • PCA JARED G. SOLOMON • Armed Forces Discharge/ disease and increase the 202nd Legislative District Customer Assistance Program (CAP) • Vision & Hearing Screenings would not have to demonstrate proof of need or undergo a medical (215) 342-6340 Separation Papers rates of early detection, Matching Energy Assistance Fund (MEAF) • Exercise & Workout Class authorization or diagnosis to receive the products. While I appreciate it is imperative that all Low Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP) • Pa. Dept. of Aging • Resident Alien Card or Passport/ that the Department of Corrections recently changed its internal policy effective screening Pa. Dept. of Health • Pa. Dept. of Human Services Naturalization Papers My office can help you with: to provide these products, my legislation is critical in cementing this Phila. Dept. of Health methods be made Please note that SEPTA phased change in state law and ensuring that future administrations cannot available and Providing information on: out the paper PA Senior Citizen Car registrations, special tags, titles and license Complaints or questions about utilities and the PUC easily rescind the practice. affordable. Pa. Property Tax/Rent Rebate • Pa. Unclaimed Property Transit ID Card. Seniors will need applications Senior Septa Keycard (65 years & Older) • PennDot On-line Registration Consumer complaints For years, incarcerated women have been forced to purchase I have introduced State Representative the SEPTA Key Senior Photo ID Information on financial assistance for higher specific feminine products from the prison commissary. Limited in Come meet the Representatives of the 35th Ward and their staff. They JASON DAWKINS Complaints about state road conditions legislation (H.B. 1245) will be available to provide constituents with information on state 179th Legislative District card to receive free rides on Transit education government-related programs and services available. size and choice, women in the criminal justice system continue to that would extend insurance (215) 744-7901 Problems or questions about PennDOT and Regional Rail. Unemployment compensation problems face challenges when buying or asking for feminine hygiene products, coverage for breast cancer screening Tours of the State Capitol for individuals or groups simply because of a biological need that they cannot control. It is Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s Birth certificate applications methods recommended for women • Saturday, June 15 – 35th Ward Town Hall and Licenses and Non-Driver IDs with Disability plates and placards unacceptable that these items were, at one point, not even provided with high breast density and Pennsylvania income tax problems Health Fair a magnetic stripe on the back can PACE cards for senior citizens to women in our prisons. increased risk factors. still be swiped at turnstiles and Problems with the Department of Human Services We owe our incarcerated women dignity and respect. As legislators, (food stamps, income assistance) Complaints and problems with insurance companies While high breast density in women • Thursday, July 4 – Lawncrest Independence fare boxes; new licenses issued it is our duty to fix this issue and prevent any future administrations is common and not abnormal, it by PennDOT on or after July 2017 Property Tax/Rent Rebate problems or questions Day Parade Requests for literature of all kinds – bills, from taking away makes it far more difficult to detect do not have magnetic stripes and regulations, statutes, Pennsylvania maps, senior Problems or questions about the state lottery no-cost feminine cancer on a standard mammogram. cannot be used. • Tuesday, July 9 – Farmers Market Kick-Off Day citizen information, student aid information, etc. Local government officials’ problems with state hygiene products. Supplemental screening methods Citations from the Pennsylvania House agencies This could bring such as ultrasounds and magnetic parity to female • Tuesday, July 30 – Economic Empowerment of Representatives for outstanding local Any problem with state government! resonance imaging (MRIs) can inmates by Business Summit Next Steps – How To Start A accomplishments and family milestones markedly improve rates of early providing them cancer detection in women with Business with the vital, dense breasts or at an increased risk STAY UP TO DATE! Stay connected to what’s happening in basic products of developing the disease. Educating • Tuesday, August 6 – National Night Out Harrisburg and in the community by signing they need to feel women about the risk of breast Follow my updates at up for my email updates. Go to www. comfortable as cancer is futile if we do not also • Thursday, August 22 – Back to School - facebook.com/RepIzzy and pahouse.com/RepIzzy to sign up. 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