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LA SR84

Resolution

Status

Passed

5/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Samuel Jenkins

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates Friday, May 9, 2025, as AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Volunteer Day in Louisiana

  • Commends the AmeriCorps Seniors Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for 45 years of service

  • The Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program allows seniors age 55 and older to serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers to economically disadvantaged youth

  • The program serves more than 280,000 special needs children nationwide and supports students with exceptional needs, abused or neglected children, and children of veterans or deployed family members

  • The SUSLA program draws volunteers from Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto Parishes to provide guidance and support to disadvantaged children

Legislative Description

Designates May 9, 2025, as AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Volunteer Day and commends the AmeriCorps Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) Caddo/Bossier/DeSoto Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for 45 years of service.

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Last Action

Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.

5/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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