Full Text of SJR0043 93rd General Assembly
SJ0043 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS,
A displaced homemaker is an individual who has | 3 |
| been providing unpaid
services to family members in the home, | 4 |
| has been dependent on the income of
another
family member but | 5 |
| is no longer supported by that income, and is currently
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| unemployed or
underemployed and experiencing difficulty in | 7 |
| obtaining or upgrading employment;
and
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| WHEREAS, Displaced homemakers are often disproportionately | 9 |
| poor when compared
to
the rest of the population; and
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| WHEREAS, Displaced homemakers must enter the workforce to | 11 |
| support themselves
and
their families, but may face significant | 12 |
| barriers to economic self-sufficiency
due to a limited
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| education, a lack of work experience, and age discrimination in | 14 |
| the hiring
process and the
workplace; and
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| WHEREAS, Displaced homemakers may face severe housing | 16 |
| problems because they
are
suddenly left with little or no | 17 |
| income and have difficulty finding adequate
employment, and
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| because those who are awarded their homes in divorce | 19 |
| settlements often cannot
afford to
maintain the mortgage | 20 |
| payments and property taxes; and
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| WHEREAS, In fiscal year 2002, 1,758 displaced homemakers | 22 |
| were enrolled in the
Illinois
Displaced Homemaker Program, | 23 |
| administered by the Illinois Department of Labor,
and
75% of | 24 |
| these individuals were considered the sole financial support | 25 |
| for
children under the
age of 18; and
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| WHEREAS, As states respond to federal welfare reform and | 27 |
| workforce
development
legislation, it is likely that Illinois | 28 |
| will experience changes in the types of
services they
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| provide; and
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| WHEREAS, It is important to continue responding to the | 2 |
| needs of displaced
homemakers
and to expand services to reach | 3 |
| more displaced homemakers by moving them out of
poverty and | 4 |
| beyond reliance on State welfare support and into gainful
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| employment so they
may become more active participants in the | 6 |
| Illinois economy; therefore be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 9 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Task Force on Displaced Homemakers, | 10 |
| comprised of members of the General Assembly, representatives | 11 |
| of the Governor, and concerned members of the public, be | 12 |
| created to investigate the services currently offered to | 13 |
| displaced homemakers in Illinois and to make recommendations | 14 |
| for improvements to those services; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That 2 members who are elected members of the | 16 |
| House of
Representatives
or the Senate be appointed by each of | 17 |
| the following elected officials: the
Speaker of the
House, the | 18 |
| Minority Leader of the House, the President of the Senate, and | 19 |
| the
Minority
Leader of the Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That 2 members be appointed by the Governor to | 21 |
| represent State
agencies
currently offering services and | 22 |
| assistance to the displaced homemaker
population in
Illinois; | 23 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the General Assembly | 25 |
| appointed to the Task
Force
appoint 2 chairpersons, who shall | 26 |
| be members of the Task Force who are
members of
the General | 27 |
| Assembly; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That meetings of the Task Force be held at the | 29 |
| call of the
chairpersons and
that the chairpersons appoint 4 | 30 |
| members of the public who have adequate
expertise on
the issue | 31 |
| of displaced homemakers and the services and assistance |
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| provided to
them;
and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That all appointed members of the Task Force | 3 |
| shall be considered to
be
members with voting rights, that a | 4 |
| quorum of the Task Force shall consist
of a simple majority of | 5 |
| the members of the Task Force, and that all actions and
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| recommendations of the Task Force be approved by a simple | 7 |
| majority of the
members of
the Task Force; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That members appointed to the Task Force shall be | 9 |
| compensated
only for
costs that arise out of their official | 10 |
| duties with the Task Force and that
compensation shall
come | 11 |
| from an appropriate fund; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| delivered to the
Governor.
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