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91_SR0071enr 91SR0071 Enrolled LRB9106377JMpk 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 SENATE 4 Senate Resolution No. 71 5 Offered by Senators Berman, Rauschenberger and Trotter 6 WHEREAS, Congress and the White House have funded the 7 Social Service Block Grant/Title XX program at a relatively 8 stable level for the past 5 years; and 9 WHEREAS, The FFY 99 funding level for this program 10 unexpectedly dropped 17% during budget negotiations at the 11 close of the last congressional session; and 12 WHEREAS, This federally funded program is almost 13 exclusively devoted to community-based human services 14 throughout the State of Illinois, including adoption 15 services, case coordination services, intervention for 16 victims of domestic violence, youth development services, day 17 care for children, employment development services, family 18 support, foster care for children, homemaker services, 19 outpatient treatment, protective intervention, rehabilitation 20 and training for handicapped adults, and treatment for 21 substance abuse, among other funded services, extending into 22 every county and legislative district in the State serving 23 over 130,000 individuals or families in Illinois; and 24 WHEREAS, The National Conference of Mayors, the National 25 Conference of State Legislatures, and the National Governors 26 Conference have all strongly recommended the restoration of 27 full funding to this important program; therefore be it 28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL 29 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois 30 congressional delegation be informed of our concern regarding 31 this essential source of funding for critically important 32 State programming and services; and be it further 91SR0071 Enrolled -2- LRB9106377JMpk 1 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate urges the Illinois 2 congressional delegation to influence and guide the federal 3 budgeting process for FFY 2000 and beyond to restore full 4 funding for the Social Service Block Grant/Title XX program 5 and incrementally increase funding for this essential program 6 as future federal budget opportunities present themselves; 7 and be it further 8 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to 9 the members of the Illinois congressional delegation 10 immediately. 11 Adopted by the Senate, May 20, 1999. 12 _______________________ 13 President of the Senate 14 _______________________ 15 Secretary of the Senate