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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans, | ||||||
| 3 | located in Wheaton, Illinois, has been established as an | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois not-for-profit corporation and has been designated a | ||||||
| 5 | 501(c)(3) charitable organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue | ||||||
| 6 | Service; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Midwest Shelter was officially opened on | ||||||
| 8 | January 20, 2007, and has been in continuous operation ever | ||||||
| 9 | since; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, That organization's purpose is to provide | ||||||
| 11 | transitional services to homeless veterans of the United States | ||||||
| 12 | military so that they can return to useful and productive | ||||||
| 13 | lives; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The problems of veterans returning from Iraq and | ||||||
| 15 | Afghanistan continue to reveal serious problems of mental | ||||||
| 16 | illness, substance abuse, alcoholism, unemployment, and | ||||||
| 17 | homelessness; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, There is an obvious and growing need for such a | ||||||
| 19 | facility for veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and | ||||||
| 20 | Afghanistan; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs in | ||||||
| 2 | the past has provided some funds to the Shelter from the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 5 | Representatives recognize that the State has a major | ||||||
| 6 | responsibility to its growing number of veterans who have | ||||||
| 7 | served, and will be serving, in the United States military | ||||||
| 8 | services; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | strongly urge the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs to | ||||||
| 12 | provide technical and financial services to the Midwest Shelter | ||||||
| 13 | for Homeless Veterans so it can continue to provide needed | ||||||
| 14 | services to homeless veterans of the United States military as | ||||||
| 15 | soon as possible; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | delivered to the Director of the Department of Veterans' | ||||||
| 18 | Affairs.
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