Full Text of HR0004 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Research over the last two decades in the | 3 | | evolving fields of neuroscience, brain science,
molecular | 4 | | biology, public health, genomics, and epigenetics reveals that | 5 | | experiences in the first few
years of life build changes into | 6 | | the biology of the human body, including the architecture of | 7 | | the brain;
and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Brain growth occurs rapidly in the first three | 9 | | years of a child's life and accelerates over the
next ten | 10 | | years, slowing during the early twenties; a child's brain and | 11 | | body development can be impaired
by certain environmental | 12 | | conditions, influencing the person's physical and mental | 13 | | health and social
outcomes over their life span; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are | 15 | | traumatic experiences occurring during
childhood that have | 16 | | been found to have a profound effect on a child's developing | 17 | | brain structure and
body and may result in poor health during | 18 | | the person's adulthood; ACEs can be physical, emotional, or
| 19 | | sexual abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, including | 20 | | caregiver substance abuse, untreated mental
illness or | 21 | | incarceration, domestic violence, or separation or divorce | 22 | | involving household members; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Experiencing ACEs as well as experiencing intense | 2 | | and prolonged stress, like community
violence, without | 3 | | positive influences or nurturing relationships during | 4 | | childhood can become known as
toxic stress, which can further | 5 | | affect a child's brain development and function and lead to | 6 | | long-term cognitive
and health impairments; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, ACEs studies have also found a strong correlation | 8 | | between the number of ACEs and a
person's risk for disease and | 9 | | negative health behaviors, including suicide, depression, | 10 | | cancer, stroke,
ischemic heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune | 11 | | disease, smoking, substance abuse, interpersonal
violence, | 12 | | obesity, unplanned pregnancies, lower educational achievement, | 13 | | workplace absenteeism, and
lower wages; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Findings from the Illinois 2013 Behavioral Risk | 15 | | Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) supported by the Illinois | 16 | | ACEs
Response Collaborative found that almost 60% of | 17 | | non-institutionalized adult Illinoisans reported having
at | 18 | | least one ACE; this number equates to almost 5 million | 19 | | Illinois residents; 14.2% of Illinois adults
reported four or | 20 | | more ACEs; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, BRFSS data also showed that approximately 20% of | 22 | | African American and Hispanic adults in
Illinois reported four | 23 | | or more ACEs, compared to 13% of non-Hispanic whites; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois 2013 BRFSS also found that 43% of | 2 | | women and 48% of men reported having one
to three ACEs; 15% of | 3 | | women and 13% men reported experiencing four or more ACEs; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, BRFSS data showed that individuals with between 1 | 5 | | and 3 ACEs reported their physical health
was not good 12% more | 6 | | often and their mental health was not good 44% more often than | 7 | | individuals
with no ACEs; individuals with more than 4 ACEs | 8 | | reported their physical health was not good 65%
more often and | 9 | | their mental health was not good 176% more often than | 10 | | individuals with no ACEs; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Individuals with six or more ACEs were found, on | 12 | | average, to live 20 years less than those
individuals with | 13 | | zero ACEs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Among those who misuse opioids, the individuals | 15 | | most likely to experience problems with
addiction are those | 16 | | who suffered ACEs; general population surveys have estimated | 17 | | that 75% of
individuals with substance use disorders have | 18 | | experienced trauma early in their lives; rates are even
higher | 19 | | among populations seeking treatment for opioid addiction; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, ACEs appear to be a root cause of many of our most | 21 | | challenging health and social problems
and, without adequate |
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| 1 | | family intervention and support, appear to be transmitted from | 2 | | one generation
to the next, further exacerbating the poor | 3 | | outcomes from ACEs and toxic stress; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, It is less disruptive to well-being, less costly, | 5 | | and more effective to positively influence the
development of | 6 | | a child's brain than to intervene and correct negative | 7 | | experiences and outcomes later
in life; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is an approach that can | 9 | | bring greater understanding and more
effective ways to | 10 | | prevent, identify, and support and serve children, adults, | 11 | | families, and communities
affected by ACEs, trauma, adversity, | 12 | | and toxic stress; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is not a therapy or an | 14 | | intervention; it is a principle-based, culture change
process | 15 | | aimed at recognizing strengths and resiliency and helping | 16 | | people who have
experienced trauma to overcome those issues in | 17 | | order to achieve personal and economic well-being;
and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | 19 | | Administration and many other agencies
and organizations | 20 | | provide substantial resources to better engage individuals, | 21 | | community-based
organizations, and communities across the | 22 | | United States in order to implement trauma-informed care;
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A trauma-informed Illinois enhances the ability | 2 | | of children and adults to adapt, cope, and
thrive despite | 3 | | difficult experiences and supports the mental well-being of | 4 | | everyone in our state; therefore,
be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we acknowledge that toxic stress
and adverse childhood | 8 | | experiences can have significantly negative short-term, | 9 | | long-term, and
generational impacts, and that early | 10 | | interventions through trauma-informed care is the most | 11 | | efficient
and cost effective way to combat these impacts; and | 12 | | be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly is urged to | 14 | | seek out opportunities to enhance legislation
through the | 15 | | science of resiliency and a trauma informed lens and funding | 16 | | around early intervention
services for children and families | 17 | | that centers the principles of brain development, the intimate
| 18 | | connection between mental and physical health, and the | 19 | | concepts of toxic stress and adverse childhood
experiences; | 20 | | and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 | | delivered to the Governor, the House Speaker, the Senate
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| 1 | | President, the House Majority Leader, the House Minority | 2 | | Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority
| 3 | | Leader, and the Illinois Interagency Council on Early | 4 | | Intervention.
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