Bill Text: IL HR0401 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May of 2017 to be Community Action Awareness Month in the State of Illinois to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Decatur Macon County Opportunities Corporation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0401 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0401-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Poverty knows no geographical, ethnic, religious, | ||||||
3 | or political boundaries; of the total population in Macon | ||||||
4 | County, 15.7% live in poverty as documented in the 2010 Census; | ||||||
5 | each person should have the opportunity to live comfortable | ||||||
6 | lives, and all residents of Macon County should work toward | ||||||
7 | that goal; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Decatur Macon County Opportunities | ||||||
9 | Corporation (DMCOC) has been providing valuable services to the | ||||||
10 | elderly and disadvantaged in Decatur and Macon County for over | ||||||
11 | 53 years; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The purpose of the DMCOC is to prepare people to | ||||||
13 | enter the economic mainstream of society by providing the | ||||||
14 | skills, opportunities, advocacy, and services needed to become | ||||||
15 | self-sufficient; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The DMCOC has provided programs and services to | ||||||
17 | the low-income and elderly populations of Decatur and Macon | ||||||
18 | County since its inception in 1964 as a community-based | ||||||
19 | organization to address the "war on poverty"; it was formed as | ||||||
20 | a combined effort of interested political officials, social | ||||||
21 | service agencies, the Decatur City Council, the Macon County | ||||||
22 | Board, low-income individuals, and community residents under |
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1 | the jurisdiction of the Economic Opportunity Act, which was | ||||||
2 | signed into law on August 20, 1964 by President Lyndon B. | ||||||
3 | Johnson; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 2016, the DMCOC served a total of 6,403 | ||||||
5 | individuals with 444 being children in the Head Start program, | ||||||
6 | and 1,988 seniors being served meals through the Senior | ||||||
7 | Nutrition program; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The fight against poverty should be a priority of | ||||||
9 | all Americans so that all may enjoy liberty and freedom; | ||||||
10 | therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | declare May of 2017 to be Community Action Awareness Month in | ||||||
14 | the State of Illinois to commemorate the 53rd Anniversary of | ||||||
15 | the Decatur Macon County Opportunities Corporation; and be it | ||||||
16 | further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the DMCOC as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
19 | respect.
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