Bill Text: IL HR0189 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Shows support for the positive impact of the Community Services Block Grant in the State of Illinois and opposes actions by Congress and the President to reduce Community Services Block Grant funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0189 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0189-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has 36 Community Action | ||||||
| 3 | Agencies that provide services in all 102 counties; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Illinois Community Action Agencies employ more | ||||||
| 5 | than 5,000 full-time staff; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Illinois Community Action Agencies utilize the | ||||||
| 7 | services of more than 18,000 volunteers,
totaling 1.3 million | ||||||
| 8 | hours of service; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Since 1981, the Community Services Block Grant | ||||||
| 10 | remains the foundation funding for Community Action Agencies; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, For every Community Services Block Grant dollar | ||||||
| 13 | invested, the Illinois Community Action
Network leveraged | ||||||
| 14 | $5.36 from State, local, and private sources; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In 2009, the Community Services Block Grant, | ||||||
| 16 | through the Illinois Community Action Network,
helped nearly | ||||||
| 17 | 800,000 individuals move toward economic security; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In 2010, the Community Services Block Grant | ||||||
| 19 | created and retained 2,235 jobs through the
American Recovery | ||||||
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| 1 | and Reinvestment Act; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Community Services Block Grant provides a | ||||||
| 3 | vital lifeline for Illinoisans in need of
assistance for food, | ||||||
| 4 | housing, job training, medical assistance, and emergency | ||||||
| 5 | services; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we support the positive impact of the Community Services Block | ||||||
| 9 | Grant in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we oppose any action by Congress or the | ||||||
| 11 | President to reduce Community Services Block Grant funding; and | ||||||
| 12 | be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be given | ||||||
| 14 | to the President pro tempore and Secretary of the United States | ||||||
| 15 | Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of | ||||||
| 16 | Representatives, each member of the Illinois congressional | ||||||
| 17 | delegation, and the President of the United States.
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