S*0827 Resolution, By Hayes
 A SENATE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTIONS, INC. FOR ITS
 EXCELLENCE IN PROVIDING INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND
 FAMILIES IN THIS GREAT STATE AND TO COMMEMORATE ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

   05/27/15  Senate Introduced and adopted (Senate Journal-page 23)

TO RECOGNIZE CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTIONS, INC. FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN PROVIDING INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THIS GREAT STATE AND TO COMMEMORATE ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to learn that the Carolina Community Actions, Inc. will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary this year; and

Whereas, since August of 1965, Carolina Community Actions has provided assistance to low income individuals and families throughout Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Union, and York counties; and

Whereas, community actions agencies like Carolina Community Actions, Inc. were set in motion when President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the "War on Poverty" and the creation of Head Start Programs; and

Whereas, through the Workforce Investment Act and the Community Service Block Grant, Carolina Community Actions is able to help the citizens of the Palmetto state earn a GED or high school diploma and provide assistance for eligible households in areas such as education, employment, income management, housing, emergency services, nutrition, health, and safety; and

Whereas, Carolina Community Actions confronts the causes of poverty and addresses the full range of family needs which leads to families becoming self-sufficient and communities benefitting from the sale of goods and services, jobs being generated, and taxes being paid; and

Whereas, grateful for the commitment to serving low-income individuals and families that Carolina Community Actions, Inc. has shown over the past half century, the Senate takes great pleasure in honoring the significant benchmark this fifty-year celebration represents for the people of our State. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by the resolution, recognize Carolina Community Actions, Inc. for its excellence in providing assistance to low income individuals and families in this great State and commemorate its fiftieth anniversary.