SR1070enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1070

WHEREAS, The mission of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) Multi-Neighborhood Pilot is to target risk and protective factors for alcohol and other substance use and abuse at the individual, family, and environmental levels through a comprehensive approach, including individual programming, media, public education campaigns, advocacy, and collaboration with governmental agencies in the participating communities of Back-of-the-Yards, Brighton Park, and Englewood, all within Chicago Police District 9; and

WHEREAS, The goals of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot are to prevent adolescent substance use particularly relating to alcohol, decrease rates of alcohol, tobacco and other substance abuse among young adults and youth, build capacity at the community level to address substance abuse-related issues, and to promote health and well-being in Chicago and throughout the State through replication of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot; and

WHEREAS, The objectives of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot include, but are not limited to, increasing awareness of the negative effects of alcohol use with a focus on youth from 11 to 19 years of age, engaging in a public education campaign around youth and adolescent alcohol use prevention, partnering with schools to incorporate alcohol use prevention into health and science curriculum at the middle school and high school level, partnering with government agencies to promote alcohol prevention messaging, establishing family and community support systems for youth with a focus on training and program development, evaluate existing family and community services, implementing evidence-based trainings through utilizing faith and community-based infrastructure, and assessing full range of social service agencies for service referral; and

WHEREAS, Several State agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human Services, the Liquor Control Commission, the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Community College Board, have overlapping jurisdiction over the program and services supporting the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot goals and objectives; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created an interagency working group among the Department of Human Services, the Liquor Control Commission, the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Community College Board, for the purposes of assessing and implementing family and community support services for underage substance use; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall act as the lead agency and provide administrative and other support to the work group; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the Department of Human Services, the Liquor Control Commission, the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Community College Board.