2018 -- H 8152

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 TO YEAR UP PROVIDENCE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Williams, McKiernan, Diaz, and Blazejewski

     Date Introduced: May 03, 2018

     Referred To: House Finance

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     WHEREAS, Millions of young adults in the United States have talent and motivation but

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lack opportunity. At the same time, many companies have opportunities but lack the talent they

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need for more successful businesses. As a result twelve million jobs requiring postsecondary

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education will go unfilled in the next decade and five million young adults will find stable career

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pathways unattainable; and

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     WHEREAS, Year Up Providence seeks to close the opportunity divide by providing

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urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their

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potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up Providence achieves this

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mission through a high support, high expectation model that combines marketable job skills,

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stipends, internships and college credits. Year Up Providence’s holistic approach focuses on

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students’ professional and personal development in order to place urban young adults on a viable

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path to economic self-sufficiency; and

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     WHEREAS, Year Up Providence alone cannot create opportunity for the many

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disconnected urban young adults without the financial contributions that support their program;

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now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2018-2019, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars

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($100,000) to Year Up Providence to implement its program to provide low-income urban young

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adults with a combination of hands-on skills development, coursework eligible for college credit,

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and corporate internships; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his

 

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orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from

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time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 TO YEAR UP PROVIDENCE

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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of one hundred thousand

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dollars ($100,000) to Year Up Providence.

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