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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HOUSER, FOEGE, GRUNDBERG, BURNETT,
1 3 HEATON, HANSEN, and JOCHUM
1 4 A House Concurrent Resolution recognizing the Annie E.
1 5 Casey Foundation for the Foundation's many contri-
1 6 butions to this state's efforts to the well-being of
1 7 Iowa's children and families through community-
1 8 based reforms.
1 9 WHEREAS, the grants provided to this state by the
1 10 Annie E. Casey Foundation have been used to support
1 11 child welfare funding decategorization initiatives and
1 12 to increase federal financial participation under
1 13 Titles IV-E and XIX of the federal Social Security
1 14 Act, thereby improving the provision of services to
1 15 children and families while more effectively using
1 16 resources; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the Foundation has nurtured Iowa's recent
1 18 efforts to improve results and the quality of public
1 19 services by funding staff support for Iowa's
1 20 innovation zone and community empowerment initiatives;
1 21 and
1 22 WHEREAS, the Foundation has provided technical
1 23 assistance to review state juvenile institutions,
1 24 assessed child welfare information management systems,
1 25 supported the work of the Legislative Council's Human
1 26 Services Restructuring Task Force, facilitated
1 27 innovation zone and Iowa Empowerment Board planning,
1 28 and publicized nationally Iowa's efforts related to
1 29 these initiatives; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the Foundation is funding staff and
2 1 technical support for the Legislative Council's Child
2 2 Welfare Services Work Group, including comprehensive
2 3 technical analyses of the of federal funding streams
2 4 for child welfare services; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the state-by-state Kids Count data
2 6 dissemination supported by the Foundation plays an
2 7 important role in highlighting the status of
2 8 children's well-being and is used in this state and
2 9 others to determine whether efforts to improve
2 10 children's well-being are achieving results; and
2 11 WHEREAS, prior to the selection of Mr. Doug Nelson
2 12 as the President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he
2 13 had extensive contact with initiatives in this state,
2 14 including providing technical assistance to Iowa in
2 15 developing family preservation services and initiating
2 16 early child welfare funding decategorization efforts;
2 17 and
2 18 WHEREAS, this significant assistance has been
2 19 continued by Mr. Ira Barbell and other Foundation
2 20 representatives in the years following Mr. Nelson's
2 21 direct involvement in Iowa; NOW THEREFORE,
2 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 23 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 24 recognizes the significant role of the Annie E. Casey
2 25 Foundation in supporting Iowa's exemplary efforts to
2 26 improve the well-being of Iowa's children and families
2 27 through community-based services reforms, and extends
2 28 its appreciation to the Foundation and its board of
2 29 directors and staff on behalf of the citizens of Iowa;
2 30 and
3 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
3 2 Assembly conveys its special thanks to Mr. Nelson, Mr.
3 3 Barbell, and other representatives of the Annie E.
3 4 Casey Foundation for providing their expertise and
3 5 making strong personal efforts to assist Iowa's
3 6 service improvement initiatives; and
3 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
3 8 Assembly expresses its desire that this fruitful
3 9 partnership between the state and community leaders
3 10 and the Annie E. Casey Foundation be continued to
3 11 allow for additional experimentation and
3 12 implementation of new and innovative approaches to
3 13 further the well-being of Iowa's children and families
3 14 with the hope that the approaches may be used in other
3 15 states.
3 16 LSB 3420HH 78
3 17 jp/jw/5
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