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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 888
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2 | WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative was a | ||||||
3 | program launched in October of 2010 by the Governor and | ||||||
4 | established under the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority | ||||||
5 | from Fiscal Year 2011 to Fiscal Year 2012; and
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6 | WHEREAS, A performance audit, conducted by the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Auditor General, of the first 2 years of the $54,550,000 | ||||||
8 | Neighborhood Recovery Initiative found pervasive deficiencies | ||||||
9 | in the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority's planning, | ||||||
10 | implementation, and management of the Neighborhood Recovery | ||||||
11 | Initiative; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In Fiscal Year 2013, the Illinois Violence | ||||||
13 | Prevention Authority was abolished and the Neighborhood | ||||||
14 | Recovery Initiative was to be under the direction of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014 budgets | ||||||
17 | do not contain appropriations to the Neighborhood Recovery | ||||||
18 | Initiative, however, appropriations appear in the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Criminal Justice Information Authority to programs similar to | ||||||
20 | those of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, such as the | ||||||
21 | community based violence prevention program, the After-School | ||||||
22 | program, and the Chicago Area Project; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | ||||||
4 | of the State moneys provided by or through the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Criminal Justice Information Authority to all community based | ||||||
6 | violence prevention programs, the After-School program, and | ||||||
7 | the Chicago Area Project, under contracts or grant agreements | ||||||
8 | in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014; and be it further | ||||||
9 | RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be | ||||||
10 | limited to, the following determinations: | ||||||
11 | (1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided | ||||||
12 | to the Authority for the community based violence prevention | ||||||
13 | programs, the After-School program, and the Chicago Area | ||||||
14 | Project; | ||||||
15 | (2) the nature and extent of monitoring by the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Criminal Justice Information Authority of how the programs used | ||||||
17 | the State-provided moneys and whether certain residential | ||||||
18 | communities of similar crime rates were excluded; | ||||||
19 | (3) the actual use of State moneys by the Authority, | ||||||
20 | including the identity of any sub-recipients and the amounts | ||||||
21 | and purposes for employment; | ||||||
22 | (4) the number of positions paid through the programs | ||||||
23 | by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary and |
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1 | whether employees completed and filled out appropriate time | ||||||
2 | sheets; | ||||||
3 | (5) the number of positions supervised or managed by | ||||||
4 | each management position and whether any of those employees are | ||||||
5 | supervised or managed by more than one management position; | ||||||
6 | (6) whether, through a review of available | ||||||
7 | documentation, the programs have met or is meeting the purposes | ||||||
8 | for which the State moneys were provided, with specific | ||||||
9 | information concerning the programs staffing levels, hiring | ||||||
10 | procedures, and its compensation of employees; and | ||||||
11 | (7) whether the programs are in compliance with the | ||||||
12 | applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements | ||||||
13 | pertaining to the program's receipt of state moneys; and be it | ||||||
14 | further | ||||||
15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
16 | Authority and any other State agency or other entity or person | ||||||
17 | that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate | ||||||
18 | fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its | ||||||
19 | audit; and be it further | ||||||
20 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
21 | soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations | ||||||
22 | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||||||
23 | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the Auditor General.
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