Full Text of HR0888 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 888
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative was a | 3 | | program launched in October of 2010 by the Governor and | 4 | | established under the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority | 5 | | from Fiscal Year 2011 to Fiscal Year 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, A performance audit, conducted by the Illinois | 7 | | Auditor General, of the first 2 years of the $54,550,000 | 8 | | Neighborhood Recovery Initiative found pervasive deficiencies | 9 | | in the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority's planning, | 10 | | implementation, and management of the Neighborhood Recovery | 11 | | Initiative; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In Fiscal Year 2013, the Illinois Violence | 13 | | Prevention Authority was abolished and the Neighborhood | 14 | | Recovery Initiative was to be under the direction of the | 15 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014 budgets | 17 | | do not contain appropriations to the Neighborhood Recovery | 18 | | Initiative, however, appropriations appear in the Illinois | 19 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority to programs similar to | 20 | | those of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, such as the | 21 | | community based violence prevention program, the After-School | 22 | | program, and the Chicago Area Project; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | 4 | | of the State moneys provided by or through the Illinois | 5 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority to all community based | 6 | | violence prevention programs, the After-School program, and | 7 | | the Chicago Area Project, under contracts or grant agreements | 8 | | in Fiscal Year 2013 and Fiscal Year 2014; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be | 10 | | limited to, the following determinations: | 11 | | (1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided | 12 | | to the Authority for the community based violence prevention | 13 | | programs, the After-School program, and the Chicago Area | 14 | | Project; | 15 | | (2) the nature and extent of monitoring by the Illinois | 16 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority of how the programs used | 17 | | the State-provided moneys and whether certain residential | 18 | | communities of similar crime rates were excluded; | 19 | | (3) the actual use of State moneys by the Authority, | 20 | | including the identity of any sub-recipients and the amounts | 21 | | and purposes for employment; | 22 | | (4) the number of positions paid through the programs | 23 | | by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary and |
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| 1 | | whether employees completed and filled out appropriate time | 2 | | sheets; | 3 | | (5) the number of positions supervised or managed by | 4 | | each management position and whether any of those employees are | 5 | | supervised or managed by more than one management position; | 6 | | (6) whether, through a review of available | 7 | | documentation, the programs have met or is meeting the purposes | 8 | | for which the State moneys were provided, with specific | 9 | | information concerning the programs staffing levels, hiring | 10 | | procedures, and its compensation of employees; and | 11 | | (7) whether the programs are in compliance with the | 12 | | applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements | 13 | | pertaining to the program's receipt of state moneys; and be it | 14 | | further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | 16 | | Authority and any other State agency or other entity or person | 17 | | that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate | 18 | | fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its | 19 | | audit; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 21 | | soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations | 22 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 23 | | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Auditor General.
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