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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The mission of the West Garfield Park Community
3		Stakeholders is to establish and strengthen collaboration
4		among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, and
5		federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the
6		efforts of community coalitions that are working to prevent and
7		reduce substance use among youth; and
8		WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders
9		also seeks to reduce substance abuse among adults over time by
10		addressing the factors in communities that increase the risk of
11		substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the
12		risk of substance abuse; and
13		WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders'
14		purpose is to create opportunities through programs,
15		activities, and events to help direct youth towards positive
16		alternatives to violence, as well as teaching them how to
17		become productive citizens through positive civic engagement;
18		and
19		WHEREAS, The West Garfield Park Community Stakeholders'
20		vision is to engage a partnership of residents, parents, youth,
21		educational institutions, organizations, and public servants
22		with a common goal to reduce violence within the West Garfield

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1		Park community; and
2		WHEREAS, The White House Office of National Drug Control
3		Policy has directed the Drug Free Communities Support Program,
4		in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
5		Services Administration, to provide grants to coalitions that
6		mobilize their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco,
7		illicit drug, and inhalant abuse; and
8		WHEREAS, As a New-Grantee of the office of Substance Abuse
9		and Mental Health Services Administration, the West Garfield
10		Park Community Stakeholders is working within the Substance
11		Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Strategic
12		Prevention Framework to develop and secure the following core
13		competencies: assessment, capacity, planning, implementation,
14		evaluation, sustainability, and cultural competence;
15		therefore, be it
16		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17		NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18		designate the date of October 5, 2015 as West Garfield Park
19		Community Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention Day in the
20		State of Illinois.