Relates to the cost of maintenance and operation of local veterans' service agencies

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Jessica Scarcella-Spanton says this is needed

This legislation seeks to provide additional financial resources to local veterans' service agencies. Under State Law every county is mandated to have a veterans' service agency; however, the amount of funding provided to each agency is minimal and does not accurately reflect caseload level. The current formula ignores the workload of each agency and apportions funding based solely upon the general population of the county or city where the agency is located regardless of the actual number of veterans utilizing the services of the local veterans' service agency. Although budget funds are allocated annually to these local agencies there is a dire need for additional and accurate funding streams. This legislation recalibrates the funding formula to account for the workload of each local veterans' service agency. This change in formula will create a funding stream that more accurately provides for the needs of each agency. Moreover, each local veterans' service agency will be incentivized to take on new claims, and thus, continually serve as many military personnel and veterans as practical.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.