Department of Missouri Event: ROCK THE ROTUNDA RALLY

#1 Priority) Fully fund the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) and transfer its Personnel Services to funding by GeneralRevenue. MVC is funded by three dedicated sources: the Department of Veterans Affairs, Missouri Gaming Commission, and the Missouri Veterans Health and Care Fund. Maintaining the necessary level of funding for the operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of State Veterans Homes, State Cemeteries, Veterans Service Officers Program, Veterans Grant Programs, and other needs of Missouri veterans is a priority. Since FY20, MVC has required additional short-term funding support from the state. A long-term solution is required. 

# 2. Advocate for additional funding to increase Veterans’ Service Officers and their pay to include Grant Partnership Veterans Organizations Service Officers to help ensure Missouri’s 425,000 Veterans receive the benefits they have earned through their service. Given that the state’s economy receives a return of $134 for every dollar spent on a MVC VSO, the economic…