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[Pages S3155-S3156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-205. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature
of the State of Louisiana urging the United States Congress
to fully fund the Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS) and its programs in fiscal year 2021; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54
Whereas, the President's 2021 federal budget proposal
eliminates 99% of the funding to the Corporation for National
and Community Service which would remove funding for
Louisiana's LaVetCorps program and similar programs across
the states of Washington and Rhode Island, in addition to,
all other AmeriCorps programs across this state, including
Teach for America, VISTA, City Year, and Foster Grandparents;
and
Whereas, the LDVA, in partnership with the Office of
Governor, Louisiana Board of Regents, Louisiana Community and
Technical College System (LCTCS), University of Louisiana
System, LSU System, and Southern University System operates
thirty LaVetCorps program veteran resource centers on
campuses across the state, encompassing all four Louisiana
public college systems and Xavier University of Louisiana;
and
Whereas, the mission of the LaVetCorps is to empower
veterans, families, and campus communities to help veterans
returning from active duty military service to successfully
transition home to college and their local community; and
Whereas, the centers assisted more than eight thousand
student veterans in successfully transitioning from active
duty to complete their college curriculum and return home;
and
Whereas, at each LaVetCorps veteran resource center, an
LDVA-trained LaVetCorps navigator, who is also an AmeriCorps
service member, serves as a peer mentor/counselor to student
veterans in transition, works to increase student veterans'
access to their earned federal and state benefits, works to
build a vibrant on-campus veteran community, provides
training and support to college faculty, staff, and
administration to increase awareness of student veterans'
needs and veteran culture, and organize community service
projects benefitting both on- and off-campus veterans; and
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Whereas, the impact of the LaVetCorps program is
significant, providing practical assistance in life-changing
ways as in the current year, LaVetCorps navigators have
served more than two thousand veterans and military-connected
students, with more than one hundred of these referrals
directly connecting to earned federal VA benefits; and
Whereas, LaVetCorps navigators have provided direct
assistance through the LDVA and outside community agencies
that has prevented evictions, prevented unnecessary student
debt and provided critical immediate support for veteran
students in crisis; and
Whereas, LaVetCorps has raised military awareness on
campuses statewide while providing peer mentoring and has
been responsible for organizing more than two hundred
volunteers in various community service projects around the
state; and
Whereas, LaVetCorps is viewed by higher education officials
as an essential investment in veteran students and navigators
provide a critical level of support to recruit, retain, and
support veterans in their academic and personal journeys:
Now, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana memorializes
the Congress of the United States to fully fund the
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its
programs in FY 2021; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
the secretary of the United States Senate and the clerk of
the United States House of Representatives and to each member
of the Louisiana delegation to the United States Congress.
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POM-206. A resolution adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Gautier, Mississippi relative to assessments
on tenants, owners, or occupiers of the Singing River Mall
site; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
POM-207. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas
relative to a constitutional amendment on the subject and
wording of bills or resolutions; to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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