One of the most important things I do as your State Senator is to help residents of the 8th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania as an intermediary with agencies of the state government. Although I cannot override the laws and regulations of any US agency, I can ensure that constituents are given an adequate response in a timely manner. Below you will find a list of areas that I can assist you with.

General Constituent Services

Public Safety

Community Relations Services

Community Representation

General Constituent Services

Advocacy

For voters
Promoting registration
Forms for registration
Forms for absentee ballots
Providing polling place data
Maintaining an employment training and job bank

For families
Serving as a liaison for utility companies such as PGW and PECO
Questions about incarcerated loved ones
Guidance to food banks
Food stamp applications
WIC
CHIP applications
LIHEAP applications
WIC
Tuition assistance information

For seniors
PACE applications
Rent rebate applications
Property tax rebate applications
Medicaid applications
Prescription Drugs
Widows and Widowers
Dental Care

For businesses and organizations
Recommendation letters for worthy causes
Senatorial citations
Grant application assistance
Vending opportunities at the Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood Street Festival

For forms for state Department of Public Welfare support, click here

Referral

COSA for Delaware County constituents
PCA Help Line for seniors
Tenet in Actions (TAGS) to avert evictions

State Processes
PennDOT and other state licensure
Notary public services, information, and applications

Forms
Birth certificates
Death certificates
Civil service employment
PHEAA
State taxes

For more details on general constituent services, email Alicia Burbage or call (215) 492-2980, ex. 25; South Philadelphia residents can email Mary Jane McMaster or call (215) 755-9185

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Public Safety

Crime prevention and neighborhood improvement are key concerns for State Senator Anthony H. Williams.

Advocacy

For families
Focusing on neighborhood nuisance establishments
Drawing residents and law enforcement into partnership
Neighborhood community-police mixers
Annual Law Enforcement Basketball Tournament in Cobbs Creek

For neighborhoods and businesses
Town Watch collaborations
Public safety initiatives, workshops, and forums
Community and police partnership meetings
School violence prevention liaison

For law enforcement
Neighborhood safety workshops and forums
Liaison for public safety agencies and community organizations
Alternatives to violence youth forums
Collaborative partner with local, state and federal agencies to reduce gun violence

Referral
Community Legal Services
Victims services assistance
Youth development resources

Forms
State background clearance
State child abuse clearance

For more details on public safety services, email Kenyatta Johnson or call (215) 492-2980, ex. 22.

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Community Relations Services

State Senator. Anthony H. Williams is involved in a host of activities across the 8th Senatorial District and ensures that his office not only has a presence in the community, but that residents have direct interactive an interactive role in providing specialized services, including:

Correspondence
Condolences
Senatorial citations
Official greetings
Coordinated Efforts
Community forums
Constituent events
Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood Street Festival

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Community Representation

State Senator. Anthony H. Williams is represented on a number of boards that work towards community improvement

A sampling of those include:

The Wellness Community of Philadelphia
American Cancer Society
Christian Street YMCA
Early Head Start – Kirkbride Center
Head Start – Learning Tree
Southwest Healthy Start
American Heart Association
National Council of Negro Women
West/Southwest Victims Services
South Philadelphia Victims Services
60th Street Advisory Council
Haddington and Cobbs Creeks Visionary Project
SEPTA and Philadelphia Parking Authority task force
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center
Southwest Community Development Corporation
Point Breeze Community Network Plus
Negro Baseball League Memorial committee
Eastwick Project Area Committee

For details on community relations services, email Donna-Marie Duncan or call (215) 492-2980, ex. 29.

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