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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 17, 2020 11:17 AM |
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| From: | Senator Patrick M. Browne |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Resolution designating February 11, 2020 as "PA 2-1-1 Day" in Pennsylvania |
| I will be introducing a resolution designating the day of February 11, 2020, as “PA 2-1-1 Day” in Pennsylvania. 2-1-1 is a free service available to all residents of this Commonwealth to assist in supporting a multitude of health and human services needs and is celebrating 100% statewide coverage as of January 1, 2020. PA 2-1-1 is the nonprofit organization assigned use of the 2-1-1 dialing code by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in order to provide community service information and referral, as currently accomplished through seven regional programs. This program provides real time health and human services data for each zip code across the Commonwealth, as well as county, regions, congressional and legislative districts and school districts. In addition, 2-1-1 can provide assistance to communities in times of disaster and connect volunteers and donors with organizations that can leverage resources to meet the needs of the community. The United Ways in this Commonwealth should be recognized for their efforts to provide the PA 2-1-1 system to 100 % of the residents in this Commonwealth. I hope that you will join me in co-sponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as SR289