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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, CeaseFire Illinois is a non-profit agency 
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providing grass-roots intervention services in Illinois 
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communities at high risk for violence; and

 
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    WHEREAS, CeaseFire works in collaboration with local law 
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enforcement and neighborhood coalitions to change attitudes 
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and behaviors about violence; and

 
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    WHEREAS, CeaseFire currently serves 15 Chicago 
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communities; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Two young girls were recently murdered in the 
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Chicago community of Englewood; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Two-thirds of CeaseFire's funding reportedly 
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comes from the State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, According to news reports, CeaseFire operations 
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in the Englewood community are underfunded; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is 
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directed to conduct a program audit of funding provided by or 
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through the State of Illinois to CeaseFire Illinois; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, 
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the following determinations:




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        (1) the total amount of funding provided by or through 
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    State of Illinois

sources to CeaseFire in Fiscal Years 
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    2004, 2005, and 2006;
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        (2) the source of all funding provided to CeaseFire in 
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    those fiscal years;
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        (3) the purposes for which that funding was provided, 
 


 






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    including how

decisions concerning the allocation of 
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    funding to various Chicago

communities were made; and
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        (4) whether the State agencies providing funding or 
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    CeaseFire Illinois maintain performance measures and 
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    statistics reflecting the outcomes achieved with State 
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    funding; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That CeaseFire Illinois and any State or local 
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agency that may have information relevant to this audit 
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cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office 
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in its audit; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as 
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soon as possible and report his or her findings and 
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recommendations upon completion in accordance with the 
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provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.