HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

150th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37

PROCLAIMING MAY 2019 AS "COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

WHEREAS, Community Action connects individuals and families to approaches that help them succeed and promotes community-wide solutions to challenges throughout our cities, suburbs, and rural areas; and

WHEREAS, Community Action builds and promotes economic stability as an essential aspect of enabling and enhancing stronger communities, which in turn promotes self-sufficiency, ensuring that all Americans are able to live in dignity; and

WHEREAS, Community Action connects millions of children and families to greater opportunity, transforming their lives and making our communities — and our nation— stronger; and

WHEREAS, Community Action serves 99% of America’s counties in rural, suburban, and urban communities, offering life-changing services that create pathways to prosperity by connecting families to job training, affordable housing, utility assistance for seniors, promoting community-wide solutions and sharing expertise; and

WHEREAS, Community Action will continue to implement innovative programs that create a greater chance at success for everyone, will continue to focus on a broader range of community challenges to ignite economic growth and ensure all families can benefit, and will continue to be a voice for the disenfranchised.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 150th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that we hereby proclaim May 2019 as “Community Action Month” in the State of Delaware.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitably prepared copy of this resolution be presented to the First State Community Action Agency.

SYNOPSIS

This resolution proclaims May 2019 as "Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware.