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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task
3Force has met 11 times, beginning with its first meeting on
4October 25, 2021, and has heard from violence prevention grant
5recipients of the Department of Human Services and the
6Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Between fiscal years 2018 and 2022, the Illinois
8General Assembly appropriated almost $450 million for violence
9prevention grants; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Violence prevention funding will be increasing
11again this year; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Significant amounts of money and resources have
13been invested into this problem, and while results have been
14seen, further improvements could be made to how funding is
15prioritized and distributed; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Through working together and opening channels of
17communication, it can be ensured that responsible and
18qualified parties with violence prevention experience who wish
19to participate in these programs will be given an opportunity
20to apply; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Many worthy opportunities are not being pursued
2due to lack of awareness; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we call for agencies to have broader disclosure of
6non-legislated programs on budget forms; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That we call for data collection and
8evidence-based practices for violence prevention grantees and
9for new programs to have a three-year spending plan attached;
10and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That we call for the creation of a publicly
12accessible database for government programs, assistance,
13grantees, and funding that is searchable by the zip code of the
14area of service; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That we call for agencies to be more targeted
16with the purpose and location of Notices of Funding
17Opportunity (NOFOs); and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That we call for the establishment of a task
19force or commission with experts from the fields of economics,
20public health, social work, law enforcement, grant
21distribution, and public policy as well as representatives

 

 

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1from government agencies and community organizations to
2provide policy recommendations to the General Assembly; and be
3it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That we direct the Auditor General to perform a
5general performance audit of grant programs and recipients of
6violence prevention grants awarded by the Department of Human
7Services and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
8Authority; the performance audit shall be for Fiscal Years
92020, 2021, 2022, and continue into Fiscal Year 2023, and
10should examine:
11        (1) The purposes for which State monies were provided
12    to grant recipients for the violence prevention grants;
13        (2) The nature and extent of monitoring by DHS and
14    ICJIA of how the grant programs used the State provided
15    money and whether certain residential communities of
16    similar crime rates were excluded;
17        (3) The actual use of the State monies by grantees,
18    including the identity of any subrecipients and the
19    amounts and purposes for employment;
20        (4) The number of positions paid through the programs
21    by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary
22    and whether employees completed and filled out appropriate
23    time sheets;
24        (5) The number of positions supervised or managed by
25    each management position and whether any of those

 

 

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1    employees were supervised or managed by more than one
2    management position;
3        (6) Whether, through a review of available
4    documentation, the programs met or were meeting the
5    purposes for which the State monies were provided, with
6    specific information concerning any measurable impact on
7    reducing crime rates;
8        (7) Whether the programs were in compliance with the
9    applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant
10    agreements pertaining to the programs' receipt of State
11    monies; and
12        (8) A determination if the Notice of Funding
13    Opportunities drive at solutions for violence prevention;
14    and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
16delivered to the Governor, all Illinois constitutional
17officers, and the directors of all grant-making state
18agencies.