By: Hughes S.C.R. No. 26       SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION   WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to provide the most   streamlined and consolidated customer service for those seeking   work, unemployment benefits, or social safety net services; and          WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor and the   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) currently restrict   the consolidation of federally funded employment and job training   services with other federally funded services such as safety net   services; and          WHEREAS, In Texas, federally funded employment services and   workforce development services are provided by local workforce   development boards and the Texas Workforce Commission, and   federally funded social services are provided by the Texas Health   and Human Services Commission; and          WHEREAS, Texans seeking assistance with employment and job   training services, as well as social safety net services, are   forced to seek such services at more than one location of state and   local government agencies, with little to no consolidation or   coordination of such services; and          WHEREAS, The State of Texas desires to develop a   consolidation plan for the delivery of workforce development and   social services to its citizens in order to provide a broader and   more streamlined delivery of services to those seeking such   services; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to amend   federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of   federally funded workforce development services with federally   funded social safety net services; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record   as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.