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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, CeaseFire Illinois is a non-profit agency
3 providing grass-roots intervention services in Illinois
4 communities at high risk for violence; and
 
5     WHEREAS, CeaseFire works in collaboration with local law
6 enforcement and neighborhood coalitions to change attitudes
7 and behaviors about violence; and
 
8     WHEREAS, CeaseFire currently serves 15 Chicago
9 communities; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Two young girls were recently murdered in the
11 Chicago community of Englewood; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Two-thirds of CeaseFire's funding reportedly
13 comes from the State of Illinois; and
 
14     WHEREAS, According to news reports, CeaseFire operations
15 in the Englewood community are underfunded; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is
18 directed to conduct a program audit of funding provided by or
19 through the State of Illinois to CeaseFire Illinois; and be it
20 further
 
21     RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to,
22 the following determinations:
23         (1) the total amount of funding provided by or through
24     State of Illinois sources to CeaseFire in Fiscal Years
25     2004, 2005, and 2006;
26         (2) the source of all funding provided to CeaseFire in
27     those fiscal years;
28         (3) the purposes for which that funding was provided,

 

 

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1     including how decisions concerning the allocation of
2     funding to various Chicago communities were made; and
3         (4) whether the State agencies providing funding or
4     CeaseFire Illinois maintain performance measures and
5     statistics reflecting the outcomes achieved with State
6     funding; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That CeaseFire Illinois and any State or local
8 agency that may have information relevant to this audit
9 cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office
10 in its audit; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
12 soon as possible and report his or her findings and
13 recommendations upon completion in accordance with the
14 provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.