Full Text of SR0683 95th General Assembly
SR0683 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Violence in Chicago has increased drastically | 3 |
| over recent years; and
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| WHEREAS, Chicago communities have been seeking ways to | 5 |
| improve services that are necessary for the health, welfare, | 6 |
| safety, and quality of life of their residents and other | 7 |
| members of their communities; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Front line staff, including outreach workers, at | 9 |
| the community level are integral to the success of these | 10 |
| efforts and programs; and
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| WHEREAS, The Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 12 |
| (ALSO) builds local and national connections between | 13 |
| organizations, schools, private industry, churches, law | 14 |
| enforcement, government agencies, and community members to | 15 |
| promote the safety and well-being of children and families by | 16 |
| creating and sharing knowledge, improving services, and | 17 |
| building capacities to address both community and family | 18 |
| violence; and
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| WHEREAS, The Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 20 |
| received State funding from the Illinois State Board of | 21 |
| Education in the form of grants totaling $125,000 in Fiscal |
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| Year 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 3 |
| receives State funding from the Department of Human Services | 4 |
| for the "Teen Reach"
Program; and
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| WHEREAS, The Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 6 |
| receives State funding as part of the CeaseFire program; and an | 7 |
| audit published August
2007 raised issues of concern with that | 8 |
| program; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 11 |
| directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys | 12 |
| provided by or through State agencies to the Alliance of Local | 13 |
| Service Organizations under contracts or grant agreements from | 14 |
| Fiscal Year 2005 through Fiscal Year 2008; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be | 16 |
| limited to the following determinations: | 17 |
| (1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided | 18 |
| to the Alliance of Local Service Organizations, for each | 19 |
| State agency and for each amount transferred; | 20 |
| (2) the nature and extent of monitoring by State | 21 |
| agencies of how the Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 22 |
| used the State-provided moneys; |
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| (3) the actual use of State moneys by the Alliance of | 2 |
| Local Service Organizations Services; | 3 |
| (4) whether, through a review of available | 4 |
| documentation, the Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 5 |
| has met or is meeting the purposes for which the State | 6 |
| moneys were provided, with specific information concerning | 7 |
| the Alliance of Local Service Organizations' staffing | 8 |
| levels and its compensation of management employees; and | 9 |
| (5) whether the Alliance of Local Service | 10 |
| Organizations is in compliance with the applicable laws, | 11 |
| regulations, contracts, and grant agreements pertaining to | 12 |
| the Alliance of Local Service Organizations' receipt of | 13 |
| State moneys; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That the Alliance of Local Service Organizations | 15 |
| and any State or local agency that may have information | 16 |
| relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | 17 |
| Auditor General's office in its audit; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence the audit as | 19 |
| soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 20 |
| upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 21 |
| 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| delivered to the Auditor General.
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