Full Text of SR0791 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Building an Illinois that can thrive now and in | 3 | | the future requires a steady commitment to supporting the | 4 | | physical, mental, and emotional well-being of all of the | 5 | | State's residents; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Equitable strategies are needed to ensure that | 7 | | all residents have the supports at home and in their | 8 | | communities that build a well-being, buffer against negative | 9 | | experiences, foster resilience, and make it possible to | 10 | | thrive; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Trauma, which may include adverse childhood | 12 | | experiences and other experiences across the life-course, | 13 | | disrupts health and well-being, making it more difficult for | 14 | | people to reach their potential and participate fully in their | 15 | | communities; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) | 17 | | Study identified a profound connection between poor health | 18 | | during a person's adulthood and ACEs, which include physical, | 19 | | emotional, and sexual abuse, physical and emotional neglect, | 20 | | and household stressors such as domestic violence, separation | 21 | | or divorce involving household members, substance abuse, | 22 | | untreated mental illness, or incarceration of a household |
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| 1 | | member; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, ACEs studies have also found a strong correlation | 3 | | between the number of ACEs and a person's risk for health and | 4 | | social outcomes that include cancer, cardiovascular disease, | 5 | | diabetes, smoking, substance abuse, depression, obesity, | 6 | | unplanned pregnancies, low birth weight, suicide attempts, | 7 | | workplace absenteeism, unemployment, lower educational | 8 | | achievement, and lower wages; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Individuals with six or more ACEs are at risk, on | 10 | | average, to live 20 years less than those individuals with | 11 | | zero ACEs; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Findings from the Illinois 2017 Behavioral Risk | 13 | | Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) Illinois ACEs Response | 14 | | Collaborative found that almost 60% of non-institutionalized | 15 | | adults in Illinois say they had at least one ACE; this number | 16 | | equates to almost five million Illinois residents; | 17 | | approximately 16% of Illinois adults reported four or more | 18 | | ACEs; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, BRFSS data also showed that approximately 20% of | 20 | | African American adults in Illinois report four or more ACEs, | 21 | | compared to 15% of white residents; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, ACEs are not the only potentially traumatic | 2 | | experiences that can influence health across the lifespan; | 3 | | extensive research demonstrates that community experiences | 4 | | such as gun violence, lack of educational or economic | 5 | | opportunities, poor or unaffordable housing, and lack of | 6 | | community cohesion can have the same detrimental effects on | 7 | | later health outcomes in individuals as ACEs; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, These adverse community experiences are the | 9 | | result of historical traumas, such as slavery and genocides, | 10 | | and subsequent systemic inequities and oppression, such as | 11 | | racism; racism, which can include power inequalities, | 12 | | prejudices, stereotypes, discrimination, beliefs, and a | 13 | | systemic lack of access to essential supports including | 14 | | healthcare, has been directly linked to reduced physical and | 15 | | mental health in communities and individuals; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, As a result of these historical traumas and | 17 | | subsequent systemic inequities, Black and Latinx residents in | 18 | | Illinois are more likely to live in neighborhoods with | 19 | | restricted access to essential resources such as education and | 20 | | economic opportunities, healthy food choices, safe and | 21 | | affordable housing, and behavioral and physical healthcare; | 22 | | like adverse childhood experience, these have all been linked | 23 | | to health and social outcomes that include reduced life | 24 | | expectancy, higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, |
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| 1 | | high rates of asthma, higher rates of lead poisoning, and | 2 | | higher vulnerabilities to public health pandemics, including | 3 | | COVID-19; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, These health inequities have been compounded and | 5 | | exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has | 6 | | disproportionately affected Black and Latinx communities in | 7 | | Illinois; Black and Latinx residents are more likely to | 8 | | contract and more likely to die from the disease than white | 9 | | residents; Black and Latinx Americans are also significantly | 10 | | more likely to have COVID-19 be a "major threat to their | 11 | | general health and well-being" than the overall population; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, COVID-19 has exacerbated burnout, and its | 14 | | associated conditions such as secondary trauma and compassion | 15 | | fatigue have affected those in the health care, education, | 16 | | human service, and other community supporting workforces; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Immigrant and refugee populations have been under | 18 | | the additional strain of stigmatizing rhetoric and an | 19 | | immigration system that fosters fear, mistrust, isolation, and | 20 | | injustice; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Robust research demonstrates that positive | 22 | | supports and experiences, such as stable and nurturing |
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| 1 | | relationships and equitable access to food, housing, health | 2 | | care, financial resources, and other fundamentals of lifelong | 3 | | health and well-being can buffer against the effects of | 4 | | adversity and build resilience; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Resilience, the capacity to adapt and thrive in | 6 | | the face of adversity through strengths-based methods, can be | 7 | | built in individuals throughout the lifespan through | 8 | | trauma-informed, healing-centered care principles and | 9 | | practices such as trustworthiness and reliability, | 10 | | establishing physical and emotional safety, and providing | 11 | | opportunities for empowered decision-making; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Trauma-informed, healing-centered care is not a | 13 | | therapy or an intervention but is a principle-based, culture | 14 | | change process aimed at recognizing strengths and resiliency | 15 | | as well as helping people who have experienced trauma heal; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Implementing trauma-informed policies and | 18 | | practices mitigates the effects of workforce burnout, improves | 19 | | provider well-being, and leads to better outcomes for | 20 | | patients, students, and people engaged in human service and | 21 | | other community-supporting organizations; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Healthy and thriving communities are also |
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| 1 | | fostered through these same trauma-informed, healing-centered, | 2 | | resilience-building principles; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, It has been shown to be cost effective and | 4 | | sustainable to build programs and policies that foster | 5 | | positive experiences and are dedicated to the prevention and | 6 | | mitigation of traumatic experiences and their potential | 7 | | effects on physical and mental well-being and health, | 8 | | particularly in childhood; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, This can be seen in allocated resources, as well | 10 | | as the creation of policies that acknowledge trauma and its | 11 | | effects on the health of individuals and communities, and how | 12 | | historical and contemporary systemic oppression may lead to | 13 | | potentially traumatic events such as adverse childhood | 14 | | experiences and adverse community experiences; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Applying a trauma-informed and healing-centered | 16 | | framework to the development and implementation of public | 17 | | policies has the potential to create sustainable, scalable | 18 | | change; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has previously recognized | 20 | | the impact of ACEs on its residents' health and how | 21 | | trauma-informed, healing-centered principles, policies, and | 22 | | practices can prevent and mitigate the adverse health outcomes |
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| 1 | | associated with trauma, such as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day | 2 | | in 2019, 2020, and 2021, the passage of the Children of | 3 | | Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights, and the creation of the | 4 | | Whole Child Task Force introduced by the Illinois Legislative | 5 | | Black Caucus, as well as local resolutions recognizing | 6 | | Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in communities such as Winnebago | 7 | | County and the City of Chicago; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, These same trauma-informed, healing-centered | 9 | | principles, policies, and practices must also recognize the | 10 | | detrimental effect that systemic oppressions such as racism | 11 | | can have on the health of individuals and communities and how | 12 | | these are, in fact, traumatic experiences with the same | 13 | | potential adverse health outcomes as ACEs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic has made these systemic | 15 | | inequities more apparent and impactful, and a comprehensive | 16 | | response must recognize the role of racism and other | 17 | | oppressions in contraction of the disease, patient outcomes, | 18 | | and vaccine and treatment distribution; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The State's commitment to the support of a | 20 | | trauma-informed Illinois must be expanded to include | 21 | | recognition of the role that systemic policies and oppression | 22 | | have played in the creation and impact of trauma and | 23 | | communities; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, This recognition must include a racially-just and | 2 | | healing-centered approach with an acknowledgment of the | 3 | | additional potential burden of trauma faced by Black and | 4 | | Latinx residents in Illinois and the United States; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The inclusion of recognizing the issue of | 6 | | systemic oppression and its impact on the creation of | 7 | | historical, community, and individual trauma will allow for a | 8 | | more thorough and effective response to reduce and eliminate | 9 | | health disparities in Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, A trauma-informed, healing-centered Illinois can | 11 | | work to dismantle these systemic inequities and address the | 12 | | effects of racism and poverty, while working to prevent | 13 | | continued disparities; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, This expanded definition of a trauma-informed, | 15 | | healing-centered Illinois enhances the ability of individuals | 16 | | and communities to adapt, cope, and thrive, including during | 17 | | difficult times, supporting the physical and mental well-being | 18 | | of everyone in Illinois; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare May 25, 2022 | 21 | | as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in the State of Illinois to |
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| 1 | | highlight the impact of trauma and the importance of | 2 | | prevention of adversity and fostering individual and community | 3 | | resilience through trauma-informed, healing-centered care; and | 4 | | be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage members of the General | 6 | | Assembly and their staff to incorporate trauma-informed | 7 | | principles, such as safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, | 8 | | strengths-based approaches, and social justice, into the | 9 | | policymaking process; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage all officers, agencies, and | 11 | | employees of the State of Illinois whose responsibilities | 12 | | include individuals throughout the life course and | 13 | | communities, including the Office of the Governor, the State | 14 | | Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, the | 15 | | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | 16 | | Public Health, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and | 17 | | Department of Corrections to become informed regarding | 18 | | well-documented, short-term, long-term, and | 19 | | multi-generational impacts of adverse childhood experiences, | 20 | | toxic stress, systemic racism, and other potentially traumatic | 21 | | experiences for children, adults, and communities and to | 22 | | become aware of and implement evidence-based and | 23 | | racially-just, trauma-informed, healing-centered care | 24 | | practices, tools, and interventions that promote positive |
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| 1 | | experiences and racial justice to build resilience in | 2 | | individuals and communities so that they will be able to | 3 | | maximize their well-being and thrive.
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