Common Council of City of South Bend Urging Various Indiana State Officials to Reconsider Funding Action, Inc.

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RESOLUTION NO. I I(I - f Y A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, URGING VARIOUS INDIANA STATE OFFICIALS TO RECONSIDER FUNDING ACTION, INC. WHEREAS , in 1965 ACTION, INC. was established as a not-for-profit agency to help eliminate the causes and effects of poverty in the South Bend area. WHEREAS, in 1966 ACTION, INC. assisted in establishing various neighborhood centers and in 1968 was designated by the City as the community action agency to administer anti-proverty programs of the Equal Opportunity Act. WHEREAS, ACTION, INC. has received Community Development funding over the years which has assisted it in developing many, programs to assist lower income people. WHEREAS , some of the areas in which ACTION, INC. has been instrumental include : "Project Safe" , weatherization programs, operating various neighborhood centers , administering a food and nutrition program which included canning, and assisted in various child day-care programs. WHEREAS, thousands of individuals have benefited from the programs of ACTION, INC. , which has been located at 1820 South Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, for the past several years. WHEREAS, since ACTION, INC. received 95% of its funding from the State of Indiana, the State ' s decision to terminate funds on April 10, 1982 has severally hampered the activities which ACTION, INC. would like to carry out. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana as follows : SECTION I . The South Bend Common Council urges the various Indiana State Officials to reconsider its decision to terminate funding ACTION, INC. SECTION II . Since its creation in 1965, ACTION, INC. has sponsored programs to assist thousands of low income individuals of the South Bend area which have tried to eliminate the causes and effects of poverty and which have been fiscally responsible. SECTION III . The Council instructs the City Clerk to send a copy of this Resolution to: Governor Robert Orr, State Senator Douglas E. Hunt, State Senator Joseph C. Zakas, State Respresentatives B. Patrick Bauer, Thomas Kromkowski, and Lloyd Taylor; and Jean Merritt of the Indiana Department of Aging and Communnity Services. SECTION IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. em.er of the Co-)An ouncil z : ,r� - 9-may FILED IN C 'S OFFICE NOT APPRQI!}r' ADOPTha�� -may Irene Gammon CITY CLERK,SOON BEND,IND.