HR0888 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative was a program launched in October of 2010 by the Governor and established under the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority from Fiscal Year 2011 to Fiscal Year 2012; and

WHEREAS, A performance audit, conducted by the Illinois Auditor General, of the first 2 years of the $54,550,000 Neighborhood Recovery Initiative found pervasive deficiencies in the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority's planning, implementation, and management of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative; and

WHEREAS, In Fiscal Year 2013, the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority was abolished and the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative was to be under the direction of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; and

WHEREAS, The Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014 budgets do not contain appropriations to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, however, appropriations appear in the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to programs similar to those of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, such as the community based violence prevention program, the After-School program, and the Chicago Area Project; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided by or through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to all community based violence prevention programs, the After-School program, and the Chicago Area Project, under contracts or grant agreements in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014; and be it further

RESOLVED, The Comptroller is requested to not release funds to the programs until the audit has been finalized; and be it further

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

(1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided to the Authority for the community based violence prevention programs, the After-School program, and the Chicago Area Project;

(2) the nature and extend of monitoring by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority of how the programs used the State-provided moneys and whether certain residential communities of similar crime rates were excluded;

(3) the actual use of State moneys by the Authority, including the identity of any sub-recipients and the amounts and purposes for employment;

(4) the number of positions paid through the programs by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary and whether employees completed and filled out appropriate time sheets;

(5) the number of positions supervised or managed by each management position and whether any of those employees are supervised or managed by more than one management position;

(6) whether, through a review of available documentation, the programs have met or is meeting the purposes for which the State moneys were provided, with specific information concerning the programs staffing levels, hiring procedures, and its compensation of employees; and

(7) whether the programs are in compliance with the applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements pertaining to the program's receipt of state moneys; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Auditor General.