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| 4 | 5 | | SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to provide the most |
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| 6 | 7 | | streamlined and consolidated customer service for those seeking |
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| 7 | 8 | | work, unemployment benefits, or social safety net services; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor and the |
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| 9 | 10 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) currently restrict |
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| 10 | 11 | | the consolidation of federally funded employment and job training |
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| 11 | 12 | | services with other federally funded services such as safety net |
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| 12 | 13 | | services; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, In Texas, federally funded employment services and |
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| 14 | 15 | | workforce development services are provided by local workforce |
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| 15 | 16 | | development boards and the Texas Workforce Commission, and |
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| 16 | 17 | | federally funded social services are provided by the Texas Health |
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| 17 | 18 | | and Human Services Commission; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Texans seeking assistance with employment and job |
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| 19 | 20 | | training services, as well as social safety net services, are |
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| 20 | 21 | | forced to seek such services at more than one location of state and |
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| 21 | 22 | | local government agencies, with little to no consolidation or |
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| 22 | 23 | | coordination of such services; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to develop a |
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| 24 | 25 | | consolidation plan for the delivery of workforce development and |
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| 25 | 26 | | social services to its citizens in order to provide a broader and |
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| 26 | 27 | | more streamlined delivery of services to those seeking such |
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| 27 | 28 | | services; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 29 | 30 | | hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to amend |
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| 30 | 31 | | federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of |
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| 31 | 32 | | federally funded workforce development services with federally |
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| 32 | 33 | | funded social safety net services; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 34 | 35 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 35 | 36 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 36 | 37 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 37 | 38 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 38 | 39 | | this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record |
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| 39 | 40 | | as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 42 | | - | I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the Senate |
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| 43 | | - | on May 1, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | | - | I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the House |
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| 47 | | - | on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 98, Nays 38, two |
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| 48 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 49 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 51 | | - | Approved: |
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| 52 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Date |
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| 54 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 55 | | - | Governor |
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