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