Full Text of SJR0050 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Research indicates that one in three women in the | 3 | | United States experience domestic violence; that means | 4 | | approximately 1.67 million women in Illinois experience | 5 | | domestic violence at least once; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, During the State of Illinois 2017 fiscal year, 50 | 7 | | agencies funded by the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic | 8 | | Violence reported that services were provided to 41,243 adults | 9 | | who were accompanied by 8,000 children; a total of 61% of those | 10 | | adults seeking services had between one and three accompanying | 11 | | children; 3,122 children were provided overnight shelter; of
| 12 | | the children served, 71% were younger than 10 years of age; | 13 | | another 3,670 children were denied shelter along with their | 14 | | accompanying adult because of lack of beds; the 41,243 adults | 15 | | received 358,774 hours of service in counseling, advocacy, | 16 | | support in the courts, and
economic self-sufficiency support; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, A study of low-income preschoolers finds that | 19 | | children who have been exposed to family violence
suffer | 20 | | symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, such as | 21 | | bed-wetting or nightmares, and are at
greater risk than their | 22 | | peers of having allergies, asthma, gastrointestinal problems, | 23 | | headaches, and flu; children of mothers who experience prenatal |
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| 1 | | physical domestic violence are at an increased risk of
| 2 | | exhibiting aggressive, anxious, depressed, and hyperactive | 3 | | behavior; females who are exposed to their parents' domestic | 4 | | violence as adolescents are significantly more
likely to become | 5 | | victims of dating violence than daughters of nonviolent | 6 | | parents; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Children who experience childhood trauma, | 8 | | including witnessing incidents of domestic violence, are at
a | 9 | | greater risk of having serious adult health problems including | 10 | | tobacco use, substance abuse, obesity,
cancer, heart disease, | 11 | | and depression; they also have a higher risk of having an | 12 | | unintended pregnancy; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Physical abuse during childhood increases the | 14 | | risk of future victimization among women and the risk
of future | 15 | | perpetration of abuse by men more than two-fold; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Domestic violence has become a national emergency | 17 | | and state agencies are overwhelmed simply trying to respond to | 18 | | what is happening, which leaves almost no resources or time to | 19 | | work toward prevention; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 22 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare domestic violence a public |
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| 1 | | health priority for the State of Illinois and we urge the state | 2 | | to make available all necessary resources to combat this | 3 | | epidemic; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to Governor Rauner and all members of the General | 6 | | Assembly.
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