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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Request for Inclusion of TCIEA in WIOA Reauthorization<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Amanda Lincoln<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Amanda,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing to respectfully request that the [House Education and Workforce Committee/Senate HELP Committee] include the Transforming the Culture of Incarceration and Employment for All (TCIEA) in the upcoming reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Incorporating the TCIEA into the reauthorization would effectively end the practice of paying subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities. Additionally, it would eliminate the need for a separate government program to oversee special wage certificate holders.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your attention to this critical issue. I appreciate your consideration of this important change.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<br>Kehinde<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>