No family should have to choose between paying rent and putting food on the table. Jeffrey will introduce legislation to increase affordable housing stock, scale permanent supportive housing, and grow eviction prevention funds that keep families housed. Jeffrey knows housing is a human right and affordable, stable housing is as much a public health intervention as it is common sense housing policy.

Jeffrey will also work with local governments, housing authorities, and community developers to fast-track new affordable units. He will expand legal aid and protections so residents aren’t forced into homelessness over temporary financial hardships. By building partnerships with nonprofits, small developers, and health systems, Jeffrey will push for a state-wide housing strategy that prevents displacement, allows neighborhoods to flourish, and reduces the downstream costs of homelessness on community services.

Jeffrey will not allow Big Tech to bring data centers to our neighborhoods to deplete our water supply, drive up utility costs, pollute the air we breathe, or clear local forests for a handful of permanent jobs. Instead, Jeffrey will work with municipalities, school districts, and local organizations to repurpose vacant buildings into community centers that give our youth, and our whole community, safe, welcoming places to gather. 

He will also champion investments in green spaces, public libraries, after-school programming, and local arts initiatives, the public infrastructure that makes neighborhoods vibrant and resilient. By prioritizing community building and rejecting extractive development, Jeffrey will foster stronger social ties, improve mental and physical health, and build a district where community, not corporate influence, shapes our future. 

The cost of childcare is crushing working families. A single mother with two children, like Jeffrey’s mother when he was growing up, can face monthly childcare bills north of $1,600. This amount often exceeds housing costs and makes basic stability impossible. Jeffrey will implement free childcare for every Pennsylvanian until the start of kindergarten, ensuring high-quality early learning and care for all families. He will also raise wages for childcare workers and public school educators, many of whom currently live in poverty.

Roughly 125,000 children are born in PA, annually. To help new parents get a healthy start, Jeffrey will create a Keystone Baby Basket program: a free newborn starter kit that includes essential supplies and a resource guide to community services. At an estimated cost of $20 million a year, this is a small drop in the $50 billion state budget. These investments support early childhood development, save parents money, and give families a fairer chance at a hopeful future.

Addressing public safety means confronting the conditions that drive crime in the first place. For too long, our jails have been forced to function as mental-health facilities, a role they were never designed to play. Jeffrey will expand access to mental-health services and invest in crisis-response teams to guide people away from emergency rooms and jail cells into the treatment they need and deserve. He will also work to strengthen reentry supports and invest in addiction treatment and supportive housing so individuals don’t cycle in and out of incarceration. 

Jeffrey will partner with schools, health systems, and community organizations to build neighborhood-based prevention programs that reduce crimes long before it happens. By focusing on healing, not punishment, Jeffrey will advance a public-safety strategy that keeps families safe, reduces recidivism, and builds a justice system that actually serves the people. When we put community first, making sure families have stability, care, and support, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that crises turn into criminalized situations. That’s real prevention.

Pennsylvanians in District 22 are facing a strained healthcare system, one where private Medicare Advantage plans often restrict access through narrow networks and aggressive prior authorizations, and where families struggle to navigate insurance, benefits, and rising costs. At the same time, local hospitals remain vulnerable, especially after the instability surrounding the Regional Hospital and Wilkes-Barre General transitions.

Jeffrey will change how healthcare is accessed in our community. He will require transparency and enforceable community-benefit agreements in any hospital acquisition and secure state support that protects emergency services, patient care, and the healthcare workforce. Looking ahead, he will pursue state-level universal coverage by introducing a public option as a pathway to a single-payer system, examining federal waiver opportunities, and provider reimbursement protections, with the goal of lowering costs, expanding access, and keeping care local.

Queer and trans Pennsylvanians are facing a harsher political climate. Some Senate Democrats recently voted in favor of legislation that would ban transgender girls and women from participating on K-12 and collegiate sports teams. He will oppose exclusionary school policies and instead invest in inclusive training and privacy accommodations, as well as create targeted workforce supports so LGBTQIA+ people have the economic stability they need

Jeffrey will protect LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians by defending and expanding access to gender-affirming care, strengthening nondiscrimination protections in housing, employment, and healthcare, and funding rapid-response legal aid for victims of bias. . Jeffrey believes PA should be a refuge where everyone can live safely and with dignity, not a place that strips people of basic inclusion.