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Representatives Hart And Valdés Call For Mask Mandates And Transparency Inside Florida’s Correctional Facilities
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Representative Di- anne Hart and Representa- tive Susan Valdés sent a letter to the Secretary of Cor- rections, Mark Inch as well as Governor Ron DeSantis asking them to establish a mask mandate within the state’s correctional facilities, and to once again make public the number of COVID-19 cases in our correctional facilities.
Representative Hart
(D-District 61), said, “It is im- portant that we do all we can to protect those who are in our custody. We saw earlier this year how COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the correctional sys- tem. It is time now that we be proactive and mandate masks in our facilities and encourage
REP. DIANNE HART ...District 61
both staff and inmates to be vaccinated.”
Representative Valdés
(D-District 62) added, “It is imperative that the Depart- ment of Corrections act with full transparency in ensuring those housed in our state cor- rectional facilities are pro- tected from COVID-19. Unvaccinated employees, in particular, have the potential
REP. SUSAN VALDES ...District 62
to be a major vector of viral spread to the prison popula- tion. Preventable exposure to a deadly virus should not be part of anyone’s sentence. I join Representative Hart in call- ing for the Department of Cor- rections to take every possible measure to preserve the health and well-being of those housed in Florida’s correctional facili- ties.”
Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) Waitlist Will Open
For 3 Days Only
OCTOBER 4th – OCTOBER 6th, 2021
The opportunity to apply for the Tampa Housing Au- thority’s (THA) Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) will be open Octo- ber 4th at 8 AM and will close October 6th at 5 PM. The ap- plication will be made avail- able online and will only be accepted during the specified dates. At the close of the ap- plication acceptance period, only 3,000 applicants will be selected through a lottery sys- tem and placed on the waitlist in the order selected during the lottery process.
The selection is NOT based on date or time of the application. All other appli- cants will be rejected and will be notified via email. If the application is selected, an email will be sent notifying the applicant of the accept- ance and placement on the HCV (Section 8) waitlist.
Inquiries will not be ac- cepted and or answered re- lated to when the application will be processed for rental assistance.
There is a two-step process to make application: 1. First create a portal regis- tration 2. Then make applica- tion in the portal when the application period is open. Portal registration to apply is now open and may register by going to this link: https://www.thafl.com/por- talRegistration.aspx. If there is a problem logging into the system to register in the por- tal, please contact customer service: (813) 253-0551, press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and 1 for customer service.
The direct link to the ap- plication is as follows and can be accessed ONLY during the three days of October 4th, 5th and 6th: https://portal.thafl.com/clie nts/hcvapp/hcvapp.aspx or by going to www.thafl.com, Shortcuts, Housing Choice Voucher (S8).
If you are verifiably dis- abled and your disability pre- vents you from completing the application and an alter- native method in completing the application during the open period is needed, please contact: (813) 367-0790.
• The school district is mandating face coverings for 30 days - through Friday, September 17th.
• Please wear a Mask Daily!
• We need 100% participation, please fill out Free/Re- duced meal application, https://www.hillsborough- schools.org/mealbenefits, this benefits students and school.
Middleton would like to welcome back to the Land of the Tigers, Sunny Royal-Boyd, CCRT. She is our Cli- mate and Culture Resource Teacher. Her focus is on Community Engagement, Teacher Rapport, Student Suc- cess and School Wide relationships.
Middleton would like to thank our New Community Partner, Grace City Tampa, for their token of love and teacher appreciation.
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