Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H6015 Compare Versions

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9	9	S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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14	14	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
15	15	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE REFUGEE DREAM CENTER (RDC),
16	16	$250,000 TO HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, AND $250,000 TO DORCAS
17	17	INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND
18	18	Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Biah, Potter, Stewart, Batista, DeSimone,
19	19	Slater, Handy, Tanzi, and Furtado
20	20	Date Introduced: February 28, 2025
21	21	Referred To: House Finance
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24	24	WHEREAS, The Refugee Dream Center (RDC), located in the City of Providence, is a 1
25	25	nonprofit 501(c)(3) founded by Dr. Omar Bah in 2015, with a primary focus on resettlement and 2
26	26	assistance with the challenges faced by refugees when they come to the United States; and 3
27	27	WHEREAS, The RDC “offers assistance in finding employment, education, and housing, 4
28	28	while also providing essential skills and knowledge such as navigating the U.S. healthcare 5
29	29	system, improving English language proficiency, and guiding individuals on the path to 6
30	30	citizenship”; and 7
31	31	WHEREAS, Higher Ground International and Dorcas International Institute of Rhode 8
32	32	Island are nonprofit organizations dedicated to assisting refugees and other marginalized 9
33	33	communities with refugee resettlement operations; and 10
34	34	WHEREAS, Under newly signed executive orders, the State Department’s refugee 11
35	35	program is now suspended and the RDC, Higher Ground International, and Dorcas International 12
36	36	Institute of Rhode Island have lost federal funding and staff; now, therefore be it 13
37	37	RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not 14
38	38	otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand 15
39	39	dollars ($250,000) to the Refugee Dream Center (RDC), two hundred fifty thousand dollars 16
40	40	($250,000) to Higher Ground International, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to 17
41	41	Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island; and the state controller is hereby authorized and 18
42	42	directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much 19
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46	46	thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 1
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53	53	EXPLANATION
54	54	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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56	56	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
57	57	MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $250,000 TO THE REFUGEE DREAM CEN TER (RDC),
58	58	$250,000 TO HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, AND $250,000 TO DORCAS
59	59	INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND
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61	61	This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Refugee 1
62	62	Dream Center (RDC), $250,000 to Higher Ground International, and $250,000 to Dorcas 2
63	63	International Institute of Rhode Island. 3
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