HLS 17RS-144 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 54
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, May 9, 2017, as Kingsley House
Day at the legislature
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To designate Tuesday, May 9, 2017, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
3 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Kingsley House and to designate Tuesday,
4May 9, 2017, as Kingsley House Day; and
5 WHEREAS, Kingsley House, founded in 1896, serves individuals of all ages and
6offers services to reduce, alleviate, and eventually eradicate poverty throughout the greater
7New Orleans area; and
8 WHEREAS, the mission of Kingsley House is to educate children, strengthen
9families, and build communities; and
10 WHEREAS, Kingsley House launched the very first kindergarten and summer school
11programs in the state and has promoted early childhood development and education in the
12form of the Head Start and Early Head Start preschool services, Educare New Orleans, and
13the Parents as Educators program; and
14 WHEREAS, a youth services department provides Summer Camp programming for
15children ages five to twelve; this program promotes psychosocial skills, creative arts,
16success, and respect for others while offering tutoring, mentoring, and drug abuse and
17violence prevention activities; and
18 WHEREAS, Kingsley House Community Counseling Center Services offers various
19programs geared towards mental health counseling and therapy, and the Adult Services
20Program provides assistance to vulnerable senior citizens and medically fragile adults; and
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HCR NO. 54
1 WHEREAS, the Community and Supportive Services Program offers
2comprehensive, community-based services that connect individuals and families to
3community network supports that encourage personal growth, enhance knowledge, increase
4awareness, promote self-sufficiency, and support the overall well-being of the individual,
5the family, and ultimately the community; and
6 WHEREAS, Kingsley House merits special recognition for providing community
7services for over one hundred twenty-one years and for making a significant impact on the
8lives of the thousands of children and families that it serves annually.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
10designate Tuesday, May 9, 2017, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
12to Keith Liederman, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Kingsley House.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 54 Original 2017 Regular Session Leger
Designates May 9, 2017, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
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