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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 160
2 WHEREAS, Congress and the White House have funded the
3 Social Service Block Grant/Title XX program at a relatively
4 stable level for the past 5 years; and
5 WHEREAS, The FFY 99 funding level for this program
6 unexpectedly dropped 17% during budget negotiations at the
7 close of the last congressional session; and
8 WHEREAS, This federally funded program is almost
9 exclusively devoted to community based human services
10 throughout the State of Illinois, including adoption
11 services, case coordination services, intervention for
12 victims of domestic violence, youth development services, day
13 care for children, employment development services, family
14 support, foster care for children, homemaker services,
15 outpatient treatment, protective intervention, rehabilitation
16 and training for handicapped adults, and treatment for
17 substance abuse, among other funded services, extending into
18 every county and legislative district in the State serving
19 over 130,000 individuals or families in Illinois; and
20 WHEREAS, The National Conference of Mayors, the National
21 Council of State Legislatures, and the National Governors
22 Conference have all strongly recommended the restoration of
23 full funding to this important program; therefore be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 the Illinois congressional delegation be informed of our
27 concern regarding this essential source of funding for
28 critically important State programming and services; and be
29 it further
30 RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives
31 urges the Illinois congressional delegation to influence and
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1 guide the federal budgeting process for FFY 2000 and beyond
2 to restore full funding for the Social Service Block
3 Grant/Title XX program and incrementally increase funding for
4 this essential program as future federal budget opportunities
5 present themselves; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to
7 the members of the Illinois congressional delegation
8 immediately.
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