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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It has long been the policy of this State to
3 authorize various efforts to supplement educational and
4 home-based activities in support of developing youth; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Although current efforts to support developing
6 youth are well-intended, laudable, and, in some cases,
7 well-received, they are unable to fill the broad spectrum of
8 existing need; and
 
9     WHEREAS, It has been clearly demonstrated that
10 community-based one-to-one mentoring relationships between
11 youth and caring volunteer adults have proven to reduce the
12 likelihood of drug and alcohol use by 27%-46%, deter juvenile
13 delinquency, improve classroom performance and school
14 attendance by 58%, and improve family relationships; and
 
15     WHEREAS, the extremely worthwhile nature of one-to-one
16 mentoring efforts has been documented by a comprehensive study
17 conducted by the highly respected Public Private Ventures
18 Study, declaring a need for a national initiative to encourage
19 and expand mentoring efforts; and
 
20     WHEREAS, it is necessary to study and design a more
21 inclusive delivery system for the support of at-risk youth
22 through one-to-one mentoring programs; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a
25 new, sustainable, community-based one-to-one mentoring effort
26 is necessary to maximize the potential of the estimated 475,000
27 at-risk young people of this State; and be it further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a Task Force on One-to-One Mentoring
29 Programs is established and shall be composed of 4 members

 

 

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1 appointed by the Speaker and 4 members appointed by the
2 Minority Leader; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That the Task Force is directed to convene
4 hearings, at the earliest possible date, in Springfield,
5 Chicago, and other sites determined by the Task Force, in order
6 to take testimony concerning the best course of action to meet
7 its goal of providing one-to-one mentoring programs to at-risk
8 youth; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That the Task Force report to the House of
10 Representatives no later than January 1, 2005 concerning its
11 recommendations for program modifications and expansions for
12 consideration during the 94th General Assembly.