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The importance of supporting veterans and DVS's growth as a young agency
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Council Member Holden emphasizes the critical importance of supporting veterans, while Commissioner Hendon highlights the progress of the Department of Veterans Services as a young agency building its infrastructure for future needs.
- Holden argues that veterans are among the most deserving populations for city resources and support.
- The council member expresses disappointment that DVS is lagging behind in providing services despite the clear need.
- Commissioner Hendon presents a long-term perspective on DVS's growth, noting that the agency is only eight years old.
- Hendon emphasizes the work done to build the framework and systems necessary for future expansion of services.
- The commissioner expresses optimism about DVS's readiness to take on future challenges in areas such as employment, housing, claims, and burial services.
Robert Holden
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Yeah.
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But isn't that sad though that we're lagging behind?
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There's a need when in any other population, if there's a need for additional resources the city's been pretty good in coming forth with who who's more important than our veterans?
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Who's more deserving, let's put it that way, than our veterans?
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So that's why we're gonna we're gonna directly appeal
James Hendon
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If you look at this in the longer arc, not just today, but looking at this as an agency that's eight years old, about to be nine years old, we've been working to build the framework of this thing so that as time goes by and you get flesh and you get more meat on it that it will be ready.
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And so a lot of our work these past few years has been getting us in a place so that structurally whenever certain needs do come we're ready to take them on.
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Like I'm so excited that you know we are ready for certain things that involve employment, that involve housing, that involve claims, that involve burials because we've built out the systems and the architecture to be able to do these things.
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And so I just wanna put that out there too.
Robert Holden
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So Yeah.
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I recognize my colleague council member Palladino.