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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $72,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (RI VFW) FOR THE RI VETERANS SERVICES

OFFICERS (VSO) PROGRAM

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, McEntee, Spears, Noret, Azzinaro,
Solomon, Casimiro, Perez, Batista, and Shanley

     Date Introduced: March 30, 2023

     Referred To: House Finance

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     WHEREAS, Many veterans in our State are unsure of their status or how to access their

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benefits as many of our municipalities do not have a local office, resulting in veterans needing to

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access applications and information via the computer which is not always a viable option for

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them; and

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     WHEREAS, The Department of RI VFW partners with the Veterans Administration

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(VA) to certify Veterans Services Officers (VSOs) who are veterans, located in cities and towns

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across Rhode Island who help veterans and their families with myriad issues including,

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healthcare, housing, education and municipal tax reductions, as well as service-connected

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disability claims, job readiness, home loans, and burial benefits; and

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     WHEREAS, It is necessary and essential to increase the VFW annual budget from

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$28,000 to $100,000 for the purpose of expanding/publicizing the VSO program and enhancing

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the lives of our veterans and military families; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of seventy-two thousand dollars

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($72,000) to the Rhode Island Department of Veterans Of Foreign Wars (RI VFW) for the RI

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Veterans Services Officers (VSO) Program; and the state controller is hereby authorized and

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directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much

 

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thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $72,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (RI VFW) FOR THE RI VETERANS SERVICES

OFFICERS (VSO) PROGRAM

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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $72,000 to the Rhode

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Island Department of Veterans Of Foreign Wars (RI VFW) for the RI Veterans Services Officers

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(VSO) Program.

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