Full Text of SR1070 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1070
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the Substance Abuse Prevention | 3 | | Program (SAPP) Multi-Neighborhood Pilot is to target risk and | 4 | | protective factors for alcohol and other substance use and | 5 | | abuse at the individual, family, and environmental levels | 6 | | through a comprehensive approach, including individual | 7 | | programming, media, public education campaigns, advocacy, and | 8 | | collaboration with governmental agencies in the participating | 9 | | communities of Back-of-the-Yards, Brighton Park, and | 10 | | Englewood, all within Chicago Police District 9; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The goals of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot are | 12 | | to prevent adolescent substance use particularly relating to | 13 | | alcohol, decrease rates of alcohol, tobacco and other substance | 14 | | abuse among young adults and youth, build capacity at the | 15 | | community level to address substance abuse-related issues, and | 16 | | to promote health and well-being in Chicago and throughout the | 17 | | State through replication of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood | 18 | | Pilot; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The objectives of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood | 20 | | Pilot include, but are not limited to, increasing awareness of | 21 | | the negative effects of alcohol use with a focus on youth from | 22 | | 11 to 19 years of age, engaging in a public education campaign | 23 | | around youth and adolescent alcohol use prevention, partnering |
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| 1 | | with schools to incorporate alcohol use prevention into health | 2 | | and science curriculum at the middle school and high school | 3 | | level, partnering with government agencies to promote alcohol | 4 | | prevention messaging, establishing family and community | 5 | | support systems for youth with a focus on training and program | 6 | | development, evaluate existing family and community services, | 7 | | implementing evidence-based trainings through utilizing faith | 8 | | and community-based infrastructure, and assessing full range | 9 | | of social service agencies for service referral; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Several State agencies, including, but not | 11 | | limited to, the Department of Human Services, the Liquor | 12 | | Control Commission, the State Board of Education, the | 13 | | Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and | 14 | | Family Services, and the Community College Board, have | 15 | | overlapping jurisdiction over the program and services | 16 | | supporting the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot goals and | 17 | | objectives; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created an | 20 | | interagency working group among the Department of Human | 21 | | Services, the Liquor Control Commission, the State Board of | 22 | | Education, the Department of Public Health, the Department of | 23 | | Children and Family Services, and the Community College Board, | 24 | | for the purposes of assessing and implementing family and |
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| 1 | | community support services for underage substance use; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall act | 4 | | as the lead agency and provide administrative and other support | 5 | | to the work group; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the Department of Human Services, the Liquor | 8 | | Control Commission, the State Board of Education, the | 9 | | Department of Public Health, the Department of Children and | 10 | | Family Services, and the Community College Board.
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