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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5816 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001794 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,500,000 TO THE HAUS OF CODEC |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Caldwell, Biah, Tanzi, Kislak, Cruz, Felix, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Speakman, Carson, and Alzate |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 22, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Haus of Codec opened in December of 2021 as the first and only LGTBQ+ 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Emergency Transitional Housing Program for young adults aged 18-24 in the nation; and 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Haus of Codec provides a safe space for LGTBQ+ youth, across all of 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Rhode Island, to call home and help them find their own, more permanent housing solutions and 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | workforce development opportunities; and 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, The shelter space hosts a food and clothing pantry, a self-service kitchen, a 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | shared bathroom, access to essential services through partner providers, and a sense of 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | community where there wasn't one before; and 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, In addition, Haus of Codec hosts community LGBTQ+ Resource Fair & Art 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Marketplace at Dexter Park in Providence, RI for Queer and BIPOC artists and local community 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | organizations to raise funds for Haus of Codec programming; and 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, The organization is one hundred percent (100%) staffed by volunteers, is 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | community funded, and offers wraparound services including workforce training, mental health 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | support, creative art programs, and daily nutrition; now, therefore be it 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of two million five hundred 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to the Haus of Codec to assist its efforts and services to the 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LGTBQ+ community; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC001794 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | LC001794 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 52 | 52 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 53 | 53 | | OF |
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| 54 | 54 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 55 | 55 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $2,500,000 TO THE HAUS OF CODEC |
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| 56 | 56 | | *** |
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| 57 | 57 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of two million five hundred 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to the Haus of Codec to support unhoused members of the 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | LGBTQ+ community through transitional housing, workforce training, mental health support, 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and daily nutrition. 4 |
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