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A MOTION requesting that the executive prepare an assessment report to inform possible renewal of the voter-approved veterans, seniors and human services levy.
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WHEREAS, in November 2005, in accordance with Ordinance 15279, King County voters passed the first veterans and human services levy to generate funding for a wide range of programs to assist veterans, military personnel and their families, and individuals and families in need, and
WHEREAS, in August 2011, in accordance with Ordinance 17072, voters in King County voted to renew the veterans and human services levy for another six years, and
WHEREAS, in November 2017, in accordance with Ordinance 18555, King County voters approved the current six-year veterans, seniors and human services levy to support the levy's priority populations, which are veterans and military servicemembers and their families, seniors and their caregivers and vulnerable populations, and
WHEREAS, the current veterans, seniors and human services levy provides for capital facilities and regional health and human services, and
WHEREAS, the current veterans, seniors and human services levy programming focuses on five result areas, which are housing stability, healthy living, financial stability, social engagement, and service system improvement and service system access, and
WHEREAS, the current veterans, seniors and human services levy allocates at least one percent of levy proceeds to fund technical assistance and capacity building, and
WHEREAS, the current veterans, seniors and human services levy directs one-third of levy capital facilities and regional health and human services funding to each of the levy's three priority populations, and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that more than 100,000 veterans reside in King County, which is approximately one-fifth of the veterans living in Washington state, and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that more than twenty-five percent of King County resident...
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