Full Text of HR0403 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, Congress designated June 6-12 as the | 3 | | first National Child Abuse Prevention Week; the following year, | 4 | | President Ronald Reagan proclaimed April to be the first | 5 | | National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a tradition that | 6 | | continues to this day; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect is a major social problem | 8 | | in Illinois, annually affecting 30,000 children in more than | 9 | | 17,000 families statewide; according to the Children's | 10 | | Bureau's Child Maltreatment 2013 Report, an estimated 1,520 | 11 | | children died as a result of abuse or neglect in the United | 12 | | States in 2013; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, It is estimated that more than 100,000 cases of | 14 | | abuse go unreported each year; the impact of abuse on children | 15 | | manifests itself in many ways; the affected children may | 16 | | experience a range of emotional, psychological, and physical | 17 | | problems and trauma as a result of being abused or neglected; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, There are various organizations and agencies that | 20 | | devote their full-hearted efforts to combating this vicious | 21 | | problem and seek to provide these at-risk children with options | 22 | | that help prevent and relieve afflicted children from the |
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| 1 | | hardship that is child neglect and abuse; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Organizations like the Children's Advocacy | 3 | | Centers of Illinois, Children's Home + Aid, and Prevent Child | 4 | | Abuse America have provided children and families the | 5 | | opportunity of healing the wounds left from the harmful results | 6 | | of child neglect and abuse; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Established in 1995, the Children's Advocacy | 8 | | Centers of Illinois is a network that coordinates and provides | 9 | | a comprehensive response to child abuse in Illinois through 37 | 10 | | locations in the State, working closely with the Department of | 11 | | Children and Family Services and the Illinois Attorney | 12 | | General's Office; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Children's Home + Aid has regional offices in | 14 | | Bloomington, Rockford, Chicago, and Granite City; the | 15 | | organization is a leading child and family service agency in | 16 | | Illinois; each year, it protects, educates, and counsels more | 17 | | than 40,000 children, youth, and families to overcome the | 18 | | overwhelming obstacles of poverty, abuse, and neglect; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Founded in Chicago in 1972, Prevent Child Abuse | 20 | | America works to ensure the healthy development of children | 21 | | nationwide; the organization promotes this mission through a | 22 | | network of chapters in 50 states and nearly 600 Healthy |
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| 1 | | Families America home visiting sites in 39 states, the District | 2 | | of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Commonwealth of | 3 | | the Marianas, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, | 4 | | and Canada; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State law requires that Mandated | 6 | | Reporters, including most professionals in education, health | 7 | | care, law enforcement and social work, report suspected neglect | 8 | | or abuse; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Health care professionals and concerned | 10 | | individuals continue to try and raise awareness for and | 11 | | education in emotional child abuse in the community and among | 12 | | parents so as to produce a pro-active solution to the problem | 13 | | of child abuse and neglect; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The National Child Abuse Prevention Month is a | 15 | | time to acknowledge the importance of families and communities | 16 | | working together to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to | 17 | | promote the social and emotional well-being of children and | 18 | | families; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | designate the month of April in 2015 and 2016 as Child Abuse | 22 | | Prevention Month in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage communities throughout the | 2 | | State to share child abuse and neglect prevention awareness | 3 | | strategies and promote prevention across the State of Illinois.
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