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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-940" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Department of Veterans and Military Families">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this part, “Program” means the Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program in the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Program is to ensure that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>veterans, service members, and their families are informed of the services, benefits, and assistance available to them from the State and federal government and community organizations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>general issues relating to veterans’, service members’, and their families’ needs are brought to the attention of the Governor and the General Assembly in order for them to be addressed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
