June 7, 2010

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, Chair

Resolution # 1: Commemoration of the Passage of the Americans with Isabilities Act urges mayors to renew their commitment to the ADA and to pay special attention to ensuring that the information and services provided via the Internet or other types of information technology are accessible to people with disabilities.

Resolution # 2: Building a National Comprehensive Youth Development Strategy calls a comprehensive youth development strategy as a major step forward by our nation to remain productive and competitive and to promote economic and social mobility

Resolution # 3: ESEA Reauthorization – Supporting Afterschool and the Education of the Whole Child urges Congress to protect and expand afterschool funding and oppose any cuts to this much needed program.

Resolution # 4: Designation of September as National Child Awareness Month calls on mayors to recognize the efforts of Festival of Children Foundation and resolve to designate the month of September as National Child Awareness Month.

Resolution # 5: Designating September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month supports the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month to raise public awareness and mobilize the country to address childhood obesity; recognizes the importance of preventing childhood obesity and decreasing its prevalence in the United States.

Resolution # 6: Support for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund (TANF-ECF) supports and calls for the immediate enactment of $2.5 billion in new funding through September 30, 2011 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund.

Resolution # 7: Ending Childhood Obesity within a Generation urges mayors to raise awareness of the racial and ethnic, socioeconomic and regional disparities which impact the high rates obesity across populations and work to address those disparities in their cities.

Resolution # 9: Veteran Burial calls on the Veterans Administration to provide burial transportation to a national veteran’s cemetery for honorably discharged indigent veterans without next-of-kin who die as a result of a non'service related illness or who die outside of a VA hospital facility.

Resolution # 10: Volunteer Generation Fund calls upon Congress to provide $10 million for the Volunteer Generation Fund in FY2011; and that Congress should ensure both nonprofit organizations and state service commissions are eligible to apply for funding, as specified in the original Serve America Act.

Resolution # 11: Wellness in Real Estate encourages mayors to create comprehensive policies and programs to encourage wellness and healthy lifestyles through education and community outreach efforts, and mayors as the chief executive officials to consider key wellness factors when developing real estate, schools and public buildings.

Resolution # 12: Providing Permanent Health Monitoring, Treatment and Compensation for People Who Responded To or Survived the 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America urges Congress to pass legislation that would permanently fund a monitoring and treatment program for Americans who can prove they were exposed to the WTC disaster; urges Congress to pass legislation that would permanently fund WTC-related health research to ensure appropriate use of federal funds for monitoring and treating WTC-exposed Americans; and urges Congress to pass legislation that would re-open the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to justly compensate the families of Americans who have died or suffered health-related financial losses as a result of the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

Resolution # 13: In Support of the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy endorses the new approach to drug control reflected in the National Drug Control Strategy and applauds the strategy’s call for strengthening prevention in local communities, endorsing the importance of integrating substance abuse treatment into mainstream healthcare, expanding support for recovery, addressing the cycle of drug use, crime, delinquency and incarceration; and seeking to disrupt domestic drug trafficking and production while strengthening international partnerships.

Resolution # 14: Accessibility for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders states that the U.S Conference of Mayors is committed to work with all appropriate organizations to increase access and engagement for individuals with autism spectrum disorders through comprehensive training and support initiatives.

Resolution # 15 - Improving Treatment and Preventing Drug-Related Harms Among Returning Veterans of the United States Armed Forces urges immediate policy changes to improve the health, reduce the likelihood of accidental death, and preserve the freedom of those who have served in our armed forces; state and federal governments to modify sentencing statutes and improve court-ordered drug diversion programs to better treat veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related crimes; cities to direct and train local law enforcement agencies to divert veterans to appropriate VA care instead of booking and arresting them; the VA to rescind its ban on VA physicians from recommending medical marijuana to their veteran-patients in jurisdictions where marijuana is legal for medical use; the VA and Department of Defense to immediately adopt overdose prevention programs and policies targeting veterans and service members who misuse alcohol and other drugs; states – and even military bases – to enact laws that provide legal amnesty to persons who report an overdose to emergency medical services; and calls upon the VA to increase access to medication-assisted therapies among opioid-dependent veterans and the DoD to eliminate restrictions preventing TRICARE from covering buprenorphine and methadone for active military, veterans, and their families.

ervice members who misuse alcohol and other drugs; states – and even military bases – to enact laws that provide legal amnesty to persons who report an overdose to emergency medical services; and calls upon the VA to increase access to medication-assisted therapies among opioid-dependent veterans and the DoD to eliminate restrictions preventing TRICARE from covering buprenorphine and methadone for active military, veterans, and their families.

Resolution # 16: Supporting Sports-Based Youth Development as Catalyst for Social Change recognizes that sports-based youth development programs provide quality empowerment opportunities to help children and communities build and sustain healthy and safe cities, and adopts as its policy the pursuit of access for all American youth to quality sports programs.