00Enrolled SR 3                                                                                                           
01 Relating to nonprofit, nongovernmental organization support for veterans in Alaska.                                     
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03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:                                                                                         
04              WHEREAS Alaska has the highest ratio of veterans in the United States; and                                 
05      WHEREAS veterans from Alaska have served the nation with the highest degree of                                     
06 sacrifice and valor and veterans' families have also made great sacrifices in service to the                            
07 nation; and                                                                                                             
08      WHEREAS there are high rates of mental health issues and suicide among veterans;                                   
09 and                                                                                                                     
10      WHEREAS the rates of homelessness among veterans in Alaska is unacceptable; and                                    
11      WHEREAS many nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations support job training and                                     
12 mental health services for veterans, as well as facilitating the transition into civilian life after                    
13 service; and                                                                                                            
14      WHEREAS residents of Alaska generously contribute to nonprofit, nongovernmental                                    
15 organizations with the intent to help veterans located in Alaska; and                                                   
16      WHEREAS significant amounts of funds raised in Alaska for veterans are used by                                     
17 nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations for purposes that do not directly support veterans                             

01 located in Alaska;                                                                                                      
02      BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate strongly supports nonprofit, nongovernmental                                        
03 organizations that aid veterans; and be it                                                                              
04      FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate strongly encourages, to the greatest extent                                       
05 possible, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to use funds raised in Alaska for veterans                           
06 through the generosity of Alaska residents to aid veterans in Alaska; and be it                                         
07      FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate strongly encourages nonprofit,                                                    
08 nongovernmental organizations to openly disclose, for the funds each donor contributes to aid                           
09 veterans, the percentage of those funds that is used to aid veterans in Alaska and the purpose                          
10 for which the funds are used.