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A Resolution
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Urging the Tezas Legislature to use interim funds to fully fund the Tezas
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the nett fiscal year
WHEREAS, alcohol and substance abuse ~ on the rise in Texas and the prevention and
treatment of alcohol and substance abuse is a sernous concern to all citizens, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Texas Commnssion on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA) is the
funding of alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout the State; and
WHEREAS, TCADA has experienced a shortfall m this funding for the bnennium through
accounting errors and bad assumptions of lustoncal spending and cash carry forward, and
WHEREAS, as a result of the shortfall, many contracted programs located statewide and
especially those programs located in Fort Worth and Tarrant County will receive significantly fewer
funds for the remainder of this budget year and, possibly less funding again next year and
WHEREAS, as a result of these cuts in funding, some service providers have indicated that they
may have to close their doors, discontinuing vital and sometimes unique services for the citizens of Fort
Worth and Tarrant County and
WHEREAS, of the needed services are to be provided uninterrupted without the necessary
funding from the state, it will be local governments that will be forced unfanrly to make up the shortfall
in funding, using local tax dollars for programs that have listoncally been and are clearly the
responsibility of the State of Texas.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY O~
FORT WORTH.
That the City Council strongly urges the leadership of the Texas Legislature, through its
emergency appropriations process, to appropriate interim funds to fully fund TCADA for its fiscal year
beginning September 1 2000 allowing service providers to continue vital alcohol and substance abuse
prevention and treatment programs in Fort Worth, Tarrant County and throughout Texas.
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Adopted this 2nd day of May 2000 CITY GGU~IGI~.
MAY 2 2000
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