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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to provide the most |
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streamlined and consolidated customer service for those seeking |
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work, unemployment benefits, or social safety net services; and |
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WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor and the |
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) currently restrict |
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the consolidation of federally funded employment and job training |
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services with other federally funded services such as safety net |
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services; and |
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WHEREAS, In Texas, federally funded employment services and |
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workforce development services are provided by local workforce |
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development boards and the Texas Workforce Commission, and |
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federally funded social services are provided by the Texas Health |
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and Human Services Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, Texans seeking assistance with employment and job |
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training services, as well as social safety net services, are |
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forced to seek such services at more than one location of state and |
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local government agencies, with little to no consolidation or |
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coordination of such services; and |
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to develop a |
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consolidation plan for the delivery of workforce development and |
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social services to its citizens in order to provide a broader and |
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more streamlined delivery of services to those seeking such |
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services; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to amend |
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federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of |
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federally funded workforce development services with federally |
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funded social safety net services; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record |
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as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |