SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 26
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Whereas, faith-based and community organizations are currently providing quality social services and making a positive difference in the communities they serve; and
Whereas, faith-based and community organizations are serving their communities in areas such as the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency, child care services, support services for the elderly, the prevention of crime, the intervention in and prevention of domestic violence, and a number of other social service areas; and
Whereas, some of these faith-based and community organizations are currently receiving moneys from the federal government, or through the state, a city, or local government that itself receives federal moneys, to carry out their missions; and
Whereas, because of the quality of services provided by these organizations, it is important for the state and local governments to utilize their services by working in partnership with faith-based and community organizations; and
Whereas, faith-based and community organizations that currently work in partnership with local governments or judicial circuits are doing so within the framework of the Constitutional church-state guidelines:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby express our gratitude to faith-based and community organizations working in their communities to improve the lives of the citizens of this state; and
Be it further resolved that the members of the General Assembly support the mission of faith-based and community organizations to provide social services to improve the lives of our citizens; and
Be it further resolved that the members of the General Assembly support and encourage the state and all local governments to work in partnership with faith-based and community organizations to provide quality social services that improve the lives of so many of our citizens in particular and better our society in general; and
Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for Governor Matt Blunt, the presiding judge of each judicial circuit in this state, and to the director of each state department.