330 ILCS 25/2

The General Assembly hereby declares that it is the purpose of this Act to increase the receptivity of employers in each community to hiring veterans, through contacts with veterans occupying key positions in business and industry; to persuade local institutions to make more resources available to the solution of veterans' problems; to encourage and help Vietnam veterans to make full use of and to support all volunteer activities available to them, especially veterans service organizations; and to encourage and help Vietnam veterans to make full use of all federal, State and community activities and benefits available to them.