Full Text of HR0401 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Poverty knows no geographical, ethnic, religious, | 3 | | or political boundaries; of the total population in Macon | 4 | | County, 15.7% live in poverty as documented in the 2010 Census; | 5 | | each person should have the opportunity to live comfortable | 6 | | lives, and all residents of Macon County should work toward | 7 | | that goal; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Decatur Macon County Opportunities | 9 | | Corporation (DMCOC) has been providing valuable services to the | 10 | | elderly and disadvantaged in Decatur and Macon County for over | 11 | | 53 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of the DMCOC is to prepare people to | 13 | | enter the economic mainstream of society by providing the | 14 | | skills, opportunities, advocacy, and services needed to become | 15 | | self-sufficient; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The DMCOC has provided programs and services to | 17 | | the low-income and elderly populations of Decatur and Macon | 18 | | County since its inception in 1964 as a community-based | 19 | | organization to address the "war on poverty"; it was formed as | 20 | | a combined effort of interested political officials, social | 21 | | service agencies, the Decatur City Council, the Macon County | 22 | | Board, low-income individuals, and community residents under |
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| 1 | | the jurisdiction of the Economic Opportunity Act, which was | 2 | | signed into law on August 20, 1964 by President Lyndon B. | 3 | | Johnson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, the DMCOC served a total of 6,403 | 5 | | individuals with 444 being children in the Head Start program, | 6 | | and 1,988 seniors being served meals through the Senior | 7 | | Nutrition program; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The fight against poverty should be a priority of | 9 | | all Americans so that all may enjoy liberty and freedom; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | declare May of 2017 to be Community Action Awareness Month in | 14 | | the State of Illinois to commemorate the 53rd Anniversary of | 15 | | the Decatur Macon County Opportunities Corporation; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the DMCOC as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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