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State Senator Harp is serving her fifth term as the Connecticut State Senator from the 10th Senatorial District towns of New Haven and West Haven. She recently received the Women Legislator's Lobby's (Will) Pacesetter Award for contributions to sound and progressive public policy. Senator Harp is currently serving as an Assistant Senate Majority Leader and the Chair of the Legislature's Public Health Committee. Senator Harp is also the Vice-Chair of the Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Appropriations Committee's Health and Hospitals and Human Services subcommittees, Vice-Chair of the Select Committee on Children, and a member of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee. She also chairs the Medicaid Managed Care Council.
For five years Toni Harp served as the Alderwoman for the Second Ward in New Haven. During her term, she served as President Pro Tempore, Vice Chairwoman of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Chairwoman of the Select Committee on Homelessness, a member of the Human Resources Subcommittee on Discrimination and Harmony, and the Public Service and Substance Abuse Committee. On behalf of the Board of Alderman, she also served on the Affirmative Action Commission. She is a member of Links, Inc., the New Haven Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated, a public service sorority, and The Coalition of 100 Black Women.
During her tenure as State Senator, Toni Harp has championed many initiatives important to her constituents, including managed care reform, providing insurance for uninsured children, raising the minimum wage, advocating economic development for cities, encouraging an early detection system for child abuse, prohibiting drive-through deliveries, supporting truancy court, and ensuring the safety of children in child care.
Senator Harp is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Senator Harp has lived in New Haven for 24 years and is currently employed as the Homeless Service Director at the Hill Health Center. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Design.
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