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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 196
BY SENATOR MILLS
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Department of Children and Family Services, the division of
administration, and the office of the governor to work with the Louisiana Food Bank
Association to ensure the acquisition and distribution of sufficient food to hungry
Louisiana citizens, particularly children and the elderly.
WHEREAS, food banks utilize public-private partnerships at the local, state, and
federal levels to provide high quality, nutritious food to Louisianians in need of food
assistance, partner with schools to provide food to children most at risk for hunger, and
respond quickly in times of disaster; and
WHEREAS, the network of faith-based and non-profit organizations served by
Louisiana food banks includes over four hundred worthy organizations such as churches,
Councils on Aging, Boys Hope Girls Hope, the Salvation Army, and learning centers
throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Food Bank Association was formed in 2007 to coordinate
the efforts of Louisiana's five regional food banks to alleviate hunger across the state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's five regional food banks distribute over fifty million pounds
of food annually to six hundred ninety-five thousand people in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, one in seven people in Louisiana have used food banks in a time of
need; and
WHEREAS, twenty-five percent of persons who utilize Louisiana food banks are
over the age of sixty-five; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has the highest rate of children under the age of five at risk
of hunger in the United States; and
WHEREAS, economic struggles have increased the reliance of families upon food
banks to support their needs, but federal food resources through the Emergency
Supplemental Food Program have decreased with rising costs. SR NO. 196 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Department of Children and Family Services, the division
of administration, and the office of the governor to work with the Louisiana Food Bank
Association to ensure the acquisition and distribution of sufficient food to hungry Louisiana
citizens, particularly children and the elderly.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that a copy of this Resolution be sent
to the Department of Children and Family Services, the Division of Administration, the
office of the governor, and the Louisiana Food Bank Association.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE