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1 SENATE RESOLUTION

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

7 WHEREAS, The Midwest Shelter was officially opened on

8 January 20, 2007, and has been in continuous operation ever

9 since; and

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

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

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

4 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate recognize that

5 the State has a major responsibility to its growing number of

6 veterans who have served, and will be serving, in the United

7 States military services; therefore, be it

8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL

9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we strongly urge the

10 Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide technical

11 and financial services to the Midwest Shelter for Homeless

12 Veterans so it can continue to provide needed services to

13 homeless veterans of the United States military as soon as

14 possible; and be it further

15 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

16 delivered to the Director of the Department of Veterans'

17 Affairs.