AFREF, CRL, CFA, and NCLC sent comments to the Department of Treasury in response to their request for comment concerning the Small Dollar Loan (SDL) Program Application.
AFREF joined a memo to ED establishing their obligation to support education in reentry as Pell has been reinstated for incarcerated individuals and more individuals who will now begin a postsecondary education inside will not finish their degree within the correctional setting and will instead have to finish during reentry. The paper also demonstrates the types of support Prison Education Programs (PEP) could provide to help with the ‘education continuum’ from college inside to education outside.
AFREF joined a letter urging the Biden Administration to immediately begin the process of implementing reforms outlined in the January 20th memo on “Modernizing Regulatory Review.”
AFREF sent a letter to the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) on how the agency can coordinate with state insurance regulators and insurers to have the necessary data, supervisory framework, and prudential regulation in a world where climate-related losses continue to rise and pose risks to the entire financial system.
AFREF joined a letter urging HUD to strengthen its recent Interim Final Rule intended to prevent evictions.
AFREF joined a letter in response to the Education Department’s request for public comments on a rule to fully implement closure of the 90/10 loophole.