City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0038R

• File #: 12-0038R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Benefits for Returning Service Members
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/26/2012
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 6/18/2012
• Title: Informational Hearing - Benefits for Returning Service Members FOR the purpose of inviting the Secretary, Maryland Department of Veteran Affairs and the Director, Central Regional Resource Coordinator to share information regarding the services and opportunities available to returning Baltimore City veterans; to describe the outreach efforts to deliver the information to returning service men and women, and; to detail the number and percentage of our veterans that are accessing services offered by private entities and local, state and federal governments.
• Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Nick Mosby, Brandon M. Scott, Edward Reisinger, Carl Stokes, President Young, James B. Kraft, William "Pete" Welch, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Resolution, Veterans

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2012	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably
6/18/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
4/30/2012	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/29/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/26/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
3/26/2012	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Benefits for Returning Service Members

FOR the purpose of inviting the Secretary, Maryland Department of Veteran Affairs and the Director, Central Regional Resource Coordinator to share information regarding the services and opportunities available to returning Baltimore City veterans; to describe the outreach efforts to deliver the information to returning service men and women, and; to detail the number and percentage of our veterans that are accessing services offered by private entities and local, state and federal governments.
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The Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs was created by the state legislature in 1999 as an executive agency with the mission of assisting veterans, active duty service members, their families, and their dependents in securing benefits earned through military service. The department’s service mission includes providing representation to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and other federal, state, and local government agencies for benefits which may be available to eligible individuals.

In June 2006, the Department’s Outreach and Advocacy program was authorized by the General Assembly. The Program ensures that veterans know what services, benefits, and assistance the federal and State governments provid...