Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 

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  1  1          SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                        BY  RAGAN
  1  3 A Concurrent Resolution calling upon Iowans to observe
  1  4    Iowa Family Development and Self=Sufficiency Week.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the Iowa Family Development and
  1  6 Self=Sufficiency (FaDSS) program began in 1989,
  1  7 following passage of legislation in 1988 to assist
  1  8 low=income families participating in the Family
  1  9 Investment Program (FIP) to achieve self=sufficiency;
  1 10 and
  1 11    WHEREAS, more than 40,000 Iowans have participated
  1 12 in FaDSS and received developmental services to
  1 13 improve their lives; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the families enrolled in FaDSS are
  1 15 supported in overcoming multiple barriers that would
  1 16 otherwise perpetuate poverty and the success of
  1 17 parents in the program has improved their lives and
  1 18 the lives of their children; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, for each dollar appropriated to FaDSS in
  1 20 fiscal year 2005=2006, $1.39 was returned to the state
  1 21 in the form of wages and savings to FIP; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, the average monthly income for the
  1 23 families enrolled in FaDSS in fiscal year 2004=2005
  1 24 increased by more than 45 percent from the average
  1 25 prior to enrollment; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, more than 75 percent of the families who
  1 27 completed FaDSS in FY 2004=2005 were able to avoid
  1 28 reenrolling in FIP one year later; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, the causes and conditions of poverty are
  1 30 complex and all citizens of Iowa benefit if the state
  2  1 can successfully reduce the number of families living
  2  2 in poverty; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
  2  4 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
  2  5 calls upon Iowans to observe Iowa Family Development
  2  6 and Self=Sufficiency Week, January 15 through 21,
  2  7 2007, with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
  2  8 activities.
  2  9 LSB 1686SS 82
  2 10 jp:rj/gg/14