Full Text of HR0136 99th General Assembly
HR0136 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the West Garfield Park Community | 3 | | Stakeholders is to establish and strengthen collaboration | 4 | | among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, and | 5 | | federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the | 6 | | efforts of community coalitions that are working to prevent and | 7 | | reduce substance use among youth; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders | 9 | | also seeks to reduce substance abuse among adults over time by | 10 | | addressing the factors in communities that increase the risk of | 11 | | substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the | 12 | | risk of substance abuse; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders' | 14 | | purpose is to create opportunities through programs, | 15 | | activities, and events to help direct youth towards positive | 16 | | alternatives to violence, as well as teaching them how to | 17 | | become productive citizens through positive civic engagement; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders' | 20 | | vision is to engage a partnership of residents, parents, youth, | 21 | | educational institutions, organizations, and public servants | 22 | | with a common goal to reduce violence within the West Garfield |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The White House Office of National Drug Control | 3 | | Policy has directed the Drug Free Communities Support Program, | 4 | | in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health | 5 | | Services Administration, to provide grants to coalitions that | 6 | | mobilize their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco, | 7 | | illicit drug, and inhalant abuse; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, As a New-Grantee of the office of Substance Abuse | 9 | | and Mental Health Services Administration, the West Garfield | 10 | | Park Community Stakeholders is working within the Substance | 11 | | Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Strategic | 12 | | Prevention Framework to develop and secure the following core | 13 | | competencies: assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, | 14 | | evaluation, sustainability, and cultural competence; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | designate the date of October 5, 2015 as West Garfield Park | 19 | | Community Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention Day in the | 20 | | State of Illinois.
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