2015
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 15-1010
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Fields and Carver, Brown, Court, Duran,
       Esgar, Foote, Humphrey, Kagan, Keyser, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lee,
       Lontine, Melton, Navarro, Primavera, Rosenthal, Roupe, Salazar,
       Thurlow, Vigil, Williams, Windholz, Winter, Arndt, Becker J., Becker K.,
       Buck, Buckner, Conti, Coram, Danielson, DelGrosso, Dore, Everett,
       Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Joshi, Klingenschmitt, Lebsock, Lundeen,
       McCann, Moreno, Neville P., Nordberg, Pabon, Pettersen, Rankin,
       Ransom, Ryden, Saine, Tate, Tyler, Van Winkle, Willett, Wilson, Young,
       Hullinghorst;
       also SENATOR(S) Crowder and Todd, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner,
       Carroll, Cooke, Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath, Hill, Hodge,
       Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg,
       Marble, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts,
       Scheffel, Scott, Sonnenberg, Steadman, Ulibarri, Woods, Cadman.
       
          CONCERNING RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF
       COLORADO SERVES, A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO SUPPORT
       THE INCREASED COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING OF
       THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE VETERANS, SERVICE
       MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT
       COLORADO. 
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado is home to more than 400,000 veterans, service
       members, and their families from all conflicts spanning World War II
       through the Global War on Terror; and
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado is also home to some of the best and most
       innovative veteran-serving organizations in the country, focused on
       providing services to facilitate veteran transition and integration into
       Colorado's communities; and
       
       
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, Despite the wealth of services available for veterans and
       their families, 22 veterans commit suicide every day in this country, and
       many more veterans simply fall through the cracks in our support system;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, Many communities and veteran-serving organizations are
       unaware of local veteran services and of what initiatives are being
       undertaken in different areas of the state to create a safety net for
       veterans, service members, and their families; and
       
          WHEREAS, Supporting veterans with behavioral health challenges
       means making stronger connections between behavioral health providers,
       health care providers, employment assistance providers, higher education,
       the judicial system, providers of social services, local businesses, and the
       broader community as a whole; and
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado Serves was formed in 2013 as a collaboration
       between representatives from the state government, federal government,
       nonprofits, and veteran service organizations with the goal of working
       with local communities to better connect resources for veterans, service
       members, and their families throughout the state of Colorado; now,
       therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That we recognize veterans, service members, and their families
       as valuable resources to our state, and every effort should be made to
       assist their transition and integration into our Colorado communities;
       
          (2)  That we recognize that community organizations, health and
       behavioral health care providers, local governments, higher education
       institutions, and members of the business community are essential to the
       smooth transition and integration of these men and women into our
       communities;
       
       
       
       
       
          (3)  That we recognize the need for community organizations, local
       governments, and members of the business community to collaborate and
       connect with one another to share information and identify the needs for
       the veterans, service members, and their families within their
       communities; and
       
          (4)  That we recognize the efforts of Colorado Serves to assist in
       facilitating these community efforts, connecting services throughout
       Colorado, and communicating the services being provided to veterans,
       service members, and their families to the entire population of the state
       of Colorado.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Governor John Hickenlooper; Major General Michael Edwards, Colorado
       Adjutant General; the United Veterans Committee of Colorado; and the
       Colorado Board of Veteran' Affairs. 
       
       
       
       
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       Dickey Lee Hullinghorst               Bill L. Cadman
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                     Cindi L. Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE