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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Treatment courts have been restoring lives and 
3families for more
than three decades; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, There are now nearly 4,000 treatment courts 
5nationwide; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Treatment courts are the cornerstone of justice 
7reform sweeping
the nation; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Treatment courts have served 1.5 million 
9individuals; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Treatment courts are now recognized as the most 
11successful justice system
intervention in our nation's 
12history; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Treatment courts save an average of $6,000 for 
14every individual they serve; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Treatment courts significantly improve substance 
16use disorder
treatment outcomes and substantially reduce 
17addiction and related crime
at less expense than any other 
18criminal justice strategy; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Treatment courts improve education, employment, 
2housing, and
financial stability, promote family 
3reunification, reduce foster care placements,
and increase the 
4rate of addicted mothers delivering babies who are fully drug

5free; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Treatment courts facilitate community-wide 
7partnerships by bringing
together public safety and public 
8health professionals; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Treatment courts demonstrate that when one person 
10rises out of substance use and crime then we all rise; 
11therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we declare May 2021 as Drug Court Month in the State of 
15Illinois.