SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12
(By Senators Unger, Foster and Hunter)
Recognizing the Warming Hands and Hearts Initiative for helping
low-income West Virginians deal with the high cost of home
heating.
Whereas, The purpose of the Warming Hands and Hearts
Initiative is to optimize the use of existing energy assistance
programs, identify and mitigate barriers to systemic solutions and
focus limited resources toward West Virginians with the greatest
need; and
Whereas, The Warming Hands and Hearts Initiative has become a
catalyst for improving the efficiency of community health and human
services agencies in linking needy individuals and families to
community resources and for maximizing the use of limited
assistance resources; and
Whereas, The Warming Hands and Hearts Initiative focuses on
harnessing the power of government, nonprofit health and human
services agencies and faith-based communities to better target
emergency assistance to low-income West Virginians while also
identifying and creating long-term solutions to core problems which
affect low-income citizens' ability to deal with energy cost
fluctuations; and
Whereas, The Warming Hands and Hearts Initiative's network of
local branches of the Department of Health and Human Resources,
local nonprofit agencies, local faith-based communities and local
media has increased its capacity to respond to the home heating
crisis and any other crisis in the future; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate hereby recognizes the Warming Hands and Hearts
Initiative for helping low-income West Virginians deal with the
high cost of home heating; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward
a copy of this resolution to the appropriate officials associated
with the Warming Hands and Hearts Initiative.
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